“With the breakup of the Roman bureaucracy the structure of daily life was threatened with disintegration. The only trace left of the Roman organism was the Catholic Church, and the only men with administrative experience were the bishops.”
Katharine Scherman, The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops, and Long-Haired Kings, 25.
Argues the Catholic Church and its bishops preserved order after Rome's administrative collapse.
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