Robert the Pious, by Yves Sassier: Robert II and the beginnings of the Capetian dynasty. Hugues Capet descended from a high Frankish lineage.
But he was not a direct heir of the Carolingians. Archbishop Adalbéron of Reims pleaded for Hugues, the Duke of the Franks, and not for Charles of Lower Lorraine. It is thus, thanks to the anointing of the Church, that the great felt authorized to choose a prince...