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)