Today we learned and reviewed about charlame so i hope i do good. Ive been studing hard for it and i have been reviewing and everything. I had a great weekend to. I got first on my pony pirate and third on my horse broker. It was an eventing show. Then i went to a devon horse show with my friend and he Shetland pony won the pony race. Although some kids fell off. It was also a fair though and i got sunburnt. Anyways i hope i get an A on ur test tomorrow.

Test Questions:

AD 476 to AD 1453 Middle Ages

this new society has roots in:

• classical heritage of Rome 
• beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
• customs of various Germanic tribes

overrun the western halp of the Roman Empire causing:

• disruption of trade
• downfall of cities
• population shifts to rural areas

decline of learning

• tribes had oral tradition, songs, but couldn't read Greek or Latin
• Romance languages evolve (French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian)
• few besides priests were literate

Germanic warriors' loyalty is to the lord of the manor he provides them with food, weapons, treasure. Result:

• no orderly govt. for large areas
• small communities rule

Clovis rules the Germani people of Gaul, known as the Franks.

in 496 he has a  battlefield conversion - he and 3000 of his warriors become Christians

the Church in Rome likes this

by 511 the Franks are united into one kingdom, with Clovis and the Church working as partners

in 520, Benedict writes rules for monks:

• vows of poverty (live simply in monasteries)
• chastity (no material relations)
• obedience (listen to church superiors)

his sister Scholastica writes similar rules for nuns

they operate schools, maintain libraries, copy books

Church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies. this is a theocracy.

ost of the rest of Europe consists of smaller kingdoms

Hammer defeats a Muslim raiding party from Span at the Battle of Tours

Notes 5/19/14

Germanic kingdoms unite under Charlemagne

 

Main idea

• Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman empire were reunited under Charlemagne's empire

Why it matters now

• Charlemagne spread Christian civilization throughout northern Europe. Which is where many of us come form

Setting the stage

• Middle ages = medieval period
• 500 - 1500 AD
• Medieval Europe is fragmented

A.Invasion trigger changes in western Europe

1.Invasions and constant warfare spark new trends

a.Disruption of trade

• Europe`s cities are no longer economic centers
• Money is scarce

b.Downfall of cites

• Cities are no longer centers of administration

c.Population shifts

• Nobles retreat to the rural areas
• Cities don’t have strong leadership

 

2.Decline of learning

a.Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition

b.Only priests and church officials could read and write

c.Knowledge of Greek (literature, science, philosophy)

3.Loss of a common language

a.Dialects develop in different regions

b.By the 800s, French, Spanish, other Roman-based languages are evolving from Latin

B.Germanic kingdoms emerge

1.The concept of government changes

a.Roman society: loyal to public government

b.Germanic society: loyal to family

• Germanic chief led warriors
• During peace, he provided food, weapons, treasure, a place to live (the lords hall)
• During wartime, warriors, warriors fought for the lord

c."The king? Who's that? You want to collect taxes from me? Who the heck are you?"

d.Franks live in the Roman province of Gaul--their leader is Clovis

2. The franks under Clovis
1. Another battlefield conversion! (Just like Constantine)
2. Clovis and 3000 of his warriors are baptized by the bishop
3. The church in Rome approves of this "alliance"
4. Clovis and the church began to work together

A simple mathematical equation

 

Clovis` military expertise

+ the church's support and money

3. Germanic peoples adopt Christianity
5. (Pope) Gregory I expands papal power
1. Papacy = popes office
2. Secular power = worldly power
3. So…under Gregory the Great…

PaPal Power(the power of the pope) is Political Power

Presented from the PoPe`s Place

4. The church can use church money to:

Raise armies

Repair roads

Help the poor

5. Gregory the Great began to act as mayor of Rome, and as head of an Earthly kingdom (Christendom)

todays notes 5/14/14

Yesterday we took the rome test the big one and i got a 73% but i didn't know half off the stuff because i wasn't here on Tuesday so i get to retake the test so i will do much better this time around and i hope get my ding i have been waiting for this whole year.

Diocletian

• he rules from 284 - 303
• it's cool to persecute Christians
• Rome needs a big army (400,000 strong)
• Rome needs a big government (20,000 officials)

Constantine

• rules from 306 - 337
• it's cool to BE a Christian
• conversion to Christianity

via a cross in the sky (conquer by this!)

• 313 - his Edict of Milan proclaims

freedom of worship

• built a new capital in the East
• Byzantium, soon to be known as Constantinople

life in the Fourth Century

• country dwellers are getting bankrupted by endless tax collection

• new farming system: peasants work for elite landlords on large farms

• peasants can avoid paying taxes, but they are getting hit just as hard by the landlords

• paying off debts and being "allowed" to live on the land, in exchange for endless back-breaking work (such a deal!)

• landowners hold local power as counts and bishops, wielding more real power than the faraway empire

• foreshadowing feudalism

 

Rome's power is decreasing, while nomadic barbarians gain power

 

Western Empire is too poor, begins to be neglected

 

Huns migrate from China to eastern Europe

 

Visigoths take over Spain, and actually capture and loot Rome itself in 410

 

Vandals control Carthage and the western Mediterranean

 

other barbarian tribes:

 

    Ostrogoths in Italy

 

    Franks in Gaul

    Angles and Saxons in Britain

 

from the beginnings...

    500 BC - the monarchy is abolished

    450 BC - the Twelve Tables are established

...through the glory days...

    44 BC - end of the line for Julius Caesar

    27 BC - 180 AD - the Roman Peace (Pax Romana)

to the bitter end...

    constant fifth century invasions by barbarian tribes left the western Roman Empire shattered and crumbling

the last emperor was a teenage boy installed in 475 by his father

barbarians deposed Romulus Augustulus without bothering to kill him 

 

 

 
 

absent on tuesday

sorry i wasn't here i went to this Pimlico tour thing to see all the Preakness horse gallop. And i met California Chrome so yea. This is my blog since i wasn't here yesterday in class and my computer has been acting stupid and not working so im posting today. i will get my absent work today in class. But it was really cool and i learned a lot

notes from monday

Two emperors

Diocletian

• He rules from 284-303
• It's cool to persecute Christians
• Rome needs a bug army (400,000 strong)
• Rome needs a big government (20,000 officials)

Constantine

• Rules from 306-337
• It's cool to be a Christian
• Conversion to Christianity via cross in the sky (conquer by this!)
• 313 - his edict of Milan proclaims freedom of worship
• Built a new capital in eth east
• Byzantium, soon to be known as Constantinople  

5/9/14

• Jesus spends three years preaching, is killed by Roman leaders
• Jesus` followers believe he is the messiah and Savior who has risen from the dead
• Saul (the persecutor) becomes Paul (the evangelist), spreading Jesus` message (one true god, not roman gods)
• Christianity evolves from cult statues to established, official statues
• Priest, bishops, pope (Bishop of Rome)
• Christians and Jews were monotheistic (believing in one God)
• this conflicted with Roman beliefs
• persecution against both was common
• Christianity appealed to the poor, and since there were many poor, their numbers grew
• as it grew, even some Roman leaders embraced Christianity
• (can you see the tide beginning to turn...?)
• AD 313: Constantine has a battlefield conversion
• He issues the Edict of Milan
• Not only no persecution, but actual approval of Christianity, eventually making it the official religion of Rome
• the Roman Empire and Christianity are now linked in power and influence
• AD 180: Rome has problems
• economic (trade became risky; taxes were too high; food supply was dropping)
• military (frontiers were hard to patrol; Roman generals fought for control; soldiers' loyalty declined and mercenaries appeared)
• Diocletian divided the empire into two
• Greek-speaking East (had more resources)
• Latin-speaking West (Rome, tradition)
• AD 324 - Constantine becomes emperor over both halves of the empire
• moves the capital from Rome to Byzantium (renamed Constantinople), where Asia met Europe (now Turkey)
• after his death, empire is divided again
• this time, "barbarian invaders" (Huns, Vandals, Visigoths, Angles, Saxons, Franks) overrun the empire's frontiers
• that's it for the Roman Empire (AD 476)

Fridays notes

• Jesus spends three years preaching, is killed by Roman leaders
• Jesus` followers believe he is the messiah and Savior who has risen from the dead
• Saul (the persecutor) becomes Paul (the evangelist), spreading Jesus` message (one true god, not roman gods)
• Christianity evolves from cult statues to established, official statues
• Priest, bishops, pope (Bishop of Rome)
• Christians and Jews were monotheistic (believing in one God)
• this conflicted with Roman beliefs
• persecution against both was common
• Christianity appealed to the poor, and since there were many poor, their numbers grew
• as it grew, even some Roman leaders embraced Christianity
• (can you see the tide beginning to turn...?)
• AD 313: Constantine has a battlefield conversion
• He issues the Edict of Milan
• Not only no persecution, but actual approval of Christianity, eventually making it the official religion of Rome
• the Roman Empire and Christianity are now linked in power and influence
• AD 180: Rome has problems
• economic (trade became risky; taxes were too high; food supply was dropping)
• military (frontiers were hard to patrol; Roman generals fought for control; soldiers' loyalty declined and mercenaries appeared)
• Diocletian divided the empire into two
• Greek-speaking East (had more resources)
• Latin-speaking West (Rome, tradition)
• AD 324 - Constantine becomes emperor over both halves of the empire
• moves the capital from Rome to Byzantium (renamed Constantinople), where Asia met Europe (now Turkey)
• after his death, empire is divided again
• this time, "barbarian invaders" (Huns, Vandals, Visigoths, Angles, Saxons, Franks) overrun the empire's frontiers
• that's it for the Roman Empire (AD 476)