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