HIST 102gmJudith Bennet2012 FallWeek 2Lecture 3September 4Announcements- Map and textbook questions will be on the Quizzes- Required reading: on BlackboardOutline of Last Lecture I. BeowulfII. About to start of Medieval as ‘other’ Outline of Today’s Lecture “Medieval” in Context1. Medieval Overviewa. “Medieval” as “Other”b. Chronologyc. Social Structure2. Rome after Rome a. Anxieties about Rome’s “fall” b. Practical legacies c. Dreams of Renewed Empire d. Claims of Glorious Ancient AncestorsToday’s Lecture“Medieval” in Context- “Medieval” as “Other”o The Master Narrative of European Historyo The Nasty, Brutish Othero The Romantic, Sweet Othero The real Medieval is a combination of both- Chronology500 700-800(peak)-850(decline) 1000 (up sloping then decline)1300 1500o Early medieval Context:- Invasion- Migration:o Barbarian and Muslim (later Vikings) Economy & Society:These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- Pathetic Politics:- Throne- 800 Charlemagne Religion:- Monasterieso Keep the church going (Pope are not so powerful) Gregory I c.600 Intellectual Life:- Preserve Roman culturalo Copy manuscript E.g. Charlemagne in Carolingian- Not much progress Neighbors:- Poor cousin to neighbors- Struggling in the decline of Roman authorityo Central Medieval Context:- Getting bettero 800-1300 “little optimum”- invading and expanding Economy & Society:- Agricultural advancement- Towns grew, population grew Politics:- Feudalism (starting from a little than central, 900)o Feudal kingso Decentralized then king centralized Religion:- Papacy grewo Pope: Gregory VII, c.1075 Reform church Impose celibacyo Innocent III c.1200o 4th Lateran Council Where all western Pope and Bishops meet and discuss Intellectual Life:- University formed- Scholashcismo Two great minds Peter Abelard c. 1125 (famous lover) Thomas Agunas c.1275 Neighbors:- Compete against neighbors since 1095o Byzantine in the west and Islamico Later Context:- Famine, disease- The Plague Economy & Society:- slump Politics:- Silly feudal lord Religion:- Disaster- Papacy is week, less Monastico Anti-clericalism Intellectual Life:- Humanism- Scholaschism goes down- Yet, European has great possibility: new ships, watches, use gun powder, printing  Neighbors:- Expanding to Mediterranean, exploring- (Social structure not covered)Rome after Rome- Rome only declined and only in the western part of Europeo Eastern Byzantine thrived for another 1000 years in Constantinopleo E.g. Gregory I’s statement Anxiety about Rome ‘fail’ Defeated, Barbarian, women and children at risk- Practical legacieso Roman roado Language: Spanish, Italian etc.o Cultural: Neo-Platonismo Law- Dreams of renewed Empireo 1st attempt: Charlemagne, 800, “Emperor of the Romans”o 2nd attempt: German Otto I, r. 936-973, “Holy Roman Emperor”o ( 3rd attempt: Hitler)- Claims of Glorious Ancient Ancestorso Aneas, Aeneas, escaping burning Troy with his father and son.o Brulus to England to London- History of Kings of Britaino Trojan