[Guelph4ever]

From a Conservative Catholic Monarchist:

I think you should read the book 'Politics Drawn from Holy Scripture' by Bishop Jacques Bossuet, in which he outlines the difference between an absolute monarch and an arbitrary monarch (not the same thing!)

During the High Middle Ages (really the glory days of Christianity) the monarch was strong, holding a very exalted position, in name-an absolute ruler. Yet, the Church was above him, and most government was done on the local level. Power was very de-centralized. Traditional Catholic monarchists have always supported this, be it the autonomy and strong king of the Spanish Carlistos or the "Divine Right" Stuarts with home rule for Scotland and Ireland desired by the Jacobites.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

During the High Middle Ages (really the glory days of Christianity)

I rather think the age of Justinian and his successors were the glory days of Christianity. The Middle Ages saw the final end of the Imperial Roman ideal.