5/28/14

Today in class we had a test and I got a 77 on it. I studied hard and long but somehow I just got confused on a lot of questions. The thing that confused me was the dates. I feel like my grade on this test will move my grade from an 82 to a 70 something. The only thing I can hope for now is this blog and class participation.

5/27/14

Today I read the notes to the class but here are some notes.

5. Charlemagne takes center stage

1. Charlemagne- aka Charles the Great

1. Six foot four
2. Built the greatest empire since Rome
3. Fought the Muslims in Spain
4. Fought Germanic tribes
5. Spread Christianity
6. Reunited Western Europe
7. Became the most powerful King in Western Europe
8. Pope Leo III crowned him emperor in 800 AD after he defended him from unruly Roman mob
9. This signaled the joining of Germanic power, the Church and the heritage of the Roman Empire.

 

 

 

2. Charlemagne's Government

1. He limited the authority of the nobles
2. He regularly visited every part of his kingdom
3. Kept close watch on huge estates

3. Cultural Revival

1. Encouraged learning
2. Ordered monasteries to open schools

 

4. But his heirs were weenies…

1. His son- Louis the pious- was ineffective
2. Louis' three sons- Lothair Charles the bald, and Louis the German- split up the kingdom at the treaty of the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD

5/23/14

Today in class we just took notes on some old stuff and a little bit of old stuff (mine was on a sheet of paper). The PowerPoint he showed us was about Charlemagne and more. We learned about him, his sons, and his grandson who all of which tried to make change to Europe. Some people didn't even know who he was but Charlemagne wanted to be known so he went out in the public a lot. Mr. Schick made an excellent point the other day about how we have starving people, and some people sitting on golden chairs which could be used to feed the poor people. Our test is next Wednesday and I am not ready yet. I am going to start studying on Monday.

5/20/14

 

1.  

1. 511 Ad- Clovis unites the franks into one kingdom
2. 600 AD- church plus Frankish rulers convert many
3. Fear of Muslims= spur many to convert to Christianity
4. Monasteries and convents

 

1. 520 AD- benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
2. His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns in convents
3. 731 AD- the vulnerable Bede wrote a killer history of England
4. Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books \

 

4. European empire evolves

1. Franks control target European kingdom

1. The roman Province formerly known as Gaul
2. Ruled by Clovis- The Merovingian dynasty

 

2. Major domo- Mayor of the palace- ruled the kingdom
3. Charles Martel- Charles the hammer

1. Extended the Franks' reign to the north, south, and east
2. Defeated a Muslim army from Spain at the battle of tours in 732

 

4.n Charles the hammers son- Pepin the Short

1. Possible named for his unusual short haircut
2. Working for  and with the Pope. Pepin fought the Lombard's
3. Pope Stephen II named Pepin "king by the Grace of God"- beginning the Carolingian Dynasty

751-987 AD

He had two sons one named Charlemagne

 

5. Charlemagne takes center stage

1. Charlemagne- aka Charles the Great

1. Six foot four
2. Built the greatest empire since Rome
3. Fought the Muslims in Spain
4. Fought Germanic tribes
5. Spread Christianity
6. Reunited Western Europe
7. Became the most powerful King in Western Europe
8. Pope Leo III crowned him emperor in 800 AD after he defended him from unruly Roman mob
9. This signaled the joining of Germanic power, the Church and the heritage of the Roman Empire.

 

 

 

2. Charlemagne's Government

1. He limited the authority of the nobles
2. He regularly visited every part of his kingdom
3. Kept close watch on huge estates

3. Cultural Revival

1. Encouraged learning
2. Ordered monasteries to open schools

 

4. But his heirs were weenies…

1. His son- Louis the pious- was ineffective
2. Louis' three sons- Lothair Charles the bald, and Louis the German- split up the kingdom at the treaty of the Treaty of Verdun in 843 AD

 

5/19/14

1. Invasions trigger changes in western Europe

1. Invasions and constant warfare spark new trends

1. Disruption of trade

1. Europe cities are no longer economic centers
2. Money is scarce

2. Down fall of cities

1. Cities are no longer centers of administration
100. Population shifts

1. Nobles retreat to the rural areas
2. Cities don’t have strong leadership

 

 

1. Invasions trigger in western Europe (cont'd)

2. Decline of learning

1. Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition
2. Only priest and church officials could read and write
3. Knowledge of Greek (and literature, science, philosophy was almost lost)

3. Loss of a common language

1. Dialects develop in different regions
2. By the 8005, French, Spanish, other Roman based languages are evolving from Latin

 

2. Germanic kingdoms emerge

1. The concept of government changes

1. Roman society: loyal to public gov't
2. Germanic society: loyal to family

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

 

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

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

 

2. Germanic kingdoms emerge

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 begin to work together

 

A simple mathematical equation:

Clovis' military expertise

+ the church's support and money

                       =

 

A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO POWERFUL FORCES! WOO-HOO!

 

 

3. Germanic peoples adopt Christianity

5. (pope) Gregory I expands papal power

1. Papacy= Pope's office
2. Secular power= worldly power
3. So… under Gregory the great…

 

Papal power (power of the pope) is political power, presented from the popes palace

 

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)

5/17/14

Friday in class we just went over the test and the answers to it. I got a 74 on the test but only because of a few minor mental mistakes that I should've gotten right. We also started our new unit which we took a little bit of notes on. The life for a slave was really rough and they had to live with animals and bugs (tragic)

5/14/14

Today in class we took a Test on Rome and I got a 76. I feel like its going to bring my average down. It's hard on the section on Rome because I didn't really study to be honest. Right now I have English and I have to go. This blog was short because all we did was take a quiz.