Ghist 101 1st Edition Lecture 15Outline of Last Lecture II. Imperial Unification a. Monarchb. Centralized government c. Universal Participationd. Religion e. Roman Law i. Precedentii. Equityiii. Interpretationf. Society and Economyg. Gender and Familyi. Marriageii. Womenh. Internal Upheaval III. Restructuring of Empirea. Diocletian b. Constantine the Greatc. Christianity i. Edict of Miland. Early Church organizationsOutline of Current Lecture IV. Roman Empirea. Four Major Dioceses b. Early Church Doctrine V. Rise of BishopsVI. Rise of Christian MonasticismVII. Germanic KingdomsVIII. Fall of Roman Empire Current Lecture- Modeled on Roman civil practices o Bishops and priests o Canon law - Four Major dioceses 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.o Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandra, and Constantinople- Petrine Succession o Bishop of Rome: first among equals o Today’s title: Pope- Early Church Doctrineo Selected ecumenical councils Council of Nicaea (325): Anti-Arianism Council of Ephesus (431): Anti-Nestorianism Council of Chalcedon (451): Anti-monophysitismo Early fathers St. Augustine (354-430)- Bishop of Hippo- Confessions and The City of God- Pope Leo I (r. 440-461)o Full authorityo Bishop of Constantinople as the second- Pope Gelasius I (r. 492-496)o Kings vs. priestso The church elevated above the regime- Pope Gregory I the Great (r. 590-604)o Devoted lifeo Exceptional leader at a time of crisis Treaties with the barbarianso Administrative affairs in Rome- Rise of bishopso Dominating local societyo Creating new landscape- Rise of Christian Monasticism o Definition Renunciation of worldly pleasures Embrace of a life of prayer and solitudeo Anthony the Great (4th cent.) Egyptian layman Spiritual quest in the desert Eremitic monasticism: hermits Popular in the Easto Pachomius (290-346) Religious community- Code for daily living- Common life based on routines Cenobitic monasticism: monks + abbot/abbess; monastery Popular in the Westo Importance Pure form of Christian life New opportunities for women Challenge to the civil world- Germanic Kingdoms, 370-530o Theory of “barbarian invasions” Modern invention (Edward Gibbon) Complicated encounters Migrations with permissiono Who were the “barbarians” Settled farmers; foreigners; speakers of Germanic languages Franks, Saxons, Vandals, Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Burgundians, etc.o Coming of the Huns, 372o Visigoths Settlements in the Balkans, 370s Sack of Rome, 410 Relocated to southern Gaul, 418o Anglo-Saxons Invasion of Britain, 450-600 Story of King Arthur, a Briton leadero End of the Western Roman Empire, 476 Traditional date for the “fall”- Fall of Roman Empireo Franks King Clovis (r. 481-511) Ally of the Romanso Vandals North Africao Ostrogoths Conquest of Italy Theodoric (r. 475-526) and Amalasuntha (r. 526-534)o New kingdoms in the West Germanic rulers Counts as local officialso Daily lives changed little during the “fall” of the
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