GHist 101 1st Edition Lecture 36 Outline of Last Lecture II. Africaa. Axumb. Sudanesec. Ghanad. Malie. Beninf. BantuIII. Oceana Outline of Current Lecture IV. East Roman Empirea. Constantius b. Theodsius c. Emperor Justinian V. Byzantine Empirea. Iconoclasm Current Lecture- East Roman Empire o Constantius II (r. 337-361): New Rome o Theodosius II (r. 408-450) Empire Building Law Code o Emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) Theodora (497-548)- Saved dynasty Conquests Corpus Luris Civilis Hagia Sophia - Byzantine Empire o Iconoclasm Leo III, 726 Finally abolished in 843 o Tension between the East and West (Rome and Constantinople) Presence of icons 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. Holy spirit - Origin / coming of holy spirit- Pope is western church believe holy spirit proceeded from father and son- Constantinople believed it only came from the father Religious authority - West – no empire Geographic contraction - In the early years of eastern roman empire, they controlled vast last, especially in Italy - Eventually, the pressure from the Islams made the empire smaller and smaller - Slavik people = slaves – eastern roman people looked down on slavik people Empress Irene- She was the only female ruler of Byzantine empire that acquired male empires title - Gave birth to the future emperor Constantine the 6th - Was very powerful and wanted to control everything in her hands o People wanted her son only to be empire – people were bothered because she had so much power New Forms of Government - Bureaucracy and the “theme” system - Institutional reforms o Money to hire professional soldiers – pay a lot of money out of empire to soldiers o Make certain farmer to be soldiers – farmers pay no tax to empire but had to fight when war came (Theme system) o More bureaucratic filled with civil servants and came from different classes o Germanic Society (Western Europe) Medieval European History - Germanic + Roman Culture - Kingdoms Dark Age (500-800)- There are certain reasons to call it the Dark Age o Only applies to western Europeans kingdoms in certain regions o From 500-800, it was not a dark age in East Asia, it was a golden classical age in Indiao Only 10% of the world population was living in dark age in history o Because of the Eurocentric notion, we view these centuries dark age o Western Europe Dark Age People were illiterate – father / priests could only write down their own name Church was only hope to receive education - Illiterate society; few records kept Conversion to Christianity - Pre-Christian religion; Wotan, Thor, - Gradual conversion (450-700) - Historical reasons o Made sense to be Christian because they could get a wholepackage of rule, written scripts, and moral teachings o Church became the place you could find intellectuals o Dim light preserving culture in western Europe in the Dark Age - Church and administration Consolidation in the West - Birth of Papal States, 755 - British Isles o Ireland; St. Patrick (cs. 360-431)o St. Patrick used his life to convert Irish into Catholics o Honored by British people o Clover = national trinity - Englando Alfred the Great (r. 871 – 899) o Archbishop of Canterbury o Bede (673-735) Carolingian Empire - Appeared in the 7th century o General in Austrasia o Defeating the Arabs in 733 The milestone that prevented Europe from being converted into Muslims The family acquired high social prestigeo Pippin II claimed the throne in 751 Sent letter to pope – “Is that write for the person with the title of king has no power but the person with no power is titled king” Pippin claimed himself as king / succeeded by Solomon He was the only one who has unified a major part of Europe in history – complex ruler who could speak many languages but could not write at all - Organized many battles - Provided opportunity / freedom for his people to defeat enemy - Loved his daughters so much that he didn’t want them to get married while they were
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