What did the Donation of Pepin establish?
The Carolingian Empire
The Papal States
The Lombard Kingdom
The Holy Roman Empire
Answer
The Donation of Pepin, also known as the Donation of Constantine, was a forged document that purported to record a gift of land from the Frankish king Pepin the Short to Pope Stephen II. The donation supposedly established the Papal States in central Italy, and gave the pope temporal power over a large territory.
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