Post on 11-Jan-2016
GERMANIC KINGDOMS 500 A.D.
DARK AGES 500-1000
INVASION BY GERMANIC TRIBES USHERS IN NEW ERA ! ROME’S COLLAPSE BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN EUROPE- POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY!
THIS TIME PERIOD IS REFERRED TO AS : “ THE MIDDLE AGES OR MEDIEVAL TIMES” 500-1000 - “ THE DARK AGES” 1000-1350 – “ THE LATER OR HIGH MIDDLE AGES” THIS WAS A TIME PERIOD OF TRANSITION BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN!!
NEW INSTITUTIONS AROSE THAT HAD HERITAGE IN ROME THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IDEAS OF GERMANIC TRIBES!!
ROME COLLAPSESDARK AGES BEGIN 500-1000
• IT LEAVES A LEGACY OF:
• LAW
• LANGUAGE
• RELIGION
DARK AGES BEGIN
A DECLINE IN: • COMMON LANGUAGE • USE OF MONEY • TRADE AND INDUSTRY • LEARNING • CITIES • STRONG CENTRAL GOV’T• POPULATION- SHIFTS URBAN
TO RURAL
IMPORTANCE :• CHURCH IS STRONGEST
INSTITUTION AND CLERGY MOST EDUCATED
• LATIN USED IN CHURCH
GERMANIC TRIBES • WARRIORS FIGHT OUT OF LOYALTY • NO GOV’T OFFICIALS OR TAXES • LAW BASED ON CUSTOM NOT WRITTEN LAWS • CLERGY MOST EDUCATED
FRANKS
• EMERGE AS MOST STRONGEST KINGDOM 500S- • CLOVIS- 1ST LEADER • MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY• CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY THIS CREATES
BOND BETWEEN CHURCH AND KINGDOM
700S-• MAYOR OF PALACE BECOMES MOST IMPORTANT – KING IN NAME ONLY
CHARLES MARTEL-MAYOR OF THE PALACE“THE HAMMER”
• FIGHTS THE MUSLIMS AT BATTLE OF TOURS
• RESULT- ISLAM DOES NOT SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE!
PEPIN THE SHORT
714(724)-768• YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES
MARTEL • STARTS THE CAROLINGIAN
DYNASTY• CROWNED BY POPE- CREATES STRONG
RELATIONSHIP WITH CHURCH AND KINGS
• POPE USES THIS TO JUSTIFY AUTHORITY OVER POLITICAL RULERS!
• POPE NEEDS HELP AGAINST LOMBARDS
• PEPIN DEFEATS THEM AND GIVES KEYS TO POPE CALLED “PAPAL STATES”
• POPE RULED THIS UNTIL THE 1800S!
CHARLES THE GREAT AKA : CHARLEMAGNE 742-814
• SON OF PEPIN • OVER 6’4 IN ,STRONG RULER
• He battled for Christianity• CROWNED KING BY POPE LEO
IN Rome-EMPEROR OF ROMANS
• CREATES A STRONG GOVERNMENT
• FRANKISH KINGDOM REACHES ITS LARGEST SIZE UNDER HIM
KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CHARLEMAGNE
• REUNITES LARGE AREAS OF EUROPE
• FRANKISH KINGDOM DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES CONTROLLED BY A COUNT
• MISSI DOMENICI TO CHECK ON COUNTS • SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AT ALL COSTS • ESTABLISHES PARISHES FOR THE CHURCH • ESTABLISHES A TITHE -10% OF INCOME TO
CHURCH • ESTABLISHES SCHOOLS IN MONASTERIES • PROMOTES REVIVAL OF LEARNING • MONKS COPY ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS
DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE 814
• LOUIS THE PIOUS-SON INHERITS KINGDOM • HE DIES KINGDOM DIVIDED
BETWEEN HIS SONS –TREATY OF VERDUN -843
• EAST- LOUIS THE GERMAN
• MIDDLE -LOTHAIR
• WEST- CHARLES THE BALD