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HIST 158 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecturen/aOutline of Current LectureI. Major structures following the fall of the Roman EmpireII. “Fall of Rome” in 476III. Justice and powerIV. Crossroad of CulturesV. Religion and popular cultureCurrent LectureII. Major structures following the fall of the Roman Empirea. State- centralized Roman empire disintegrates and is rebuilt during the early modern erab. Church- grows powerful during the middle ages but divides during the early modern eraVI. “Fall of Rome” in 476a. A clash of civilizationb. The decline of the Roman Empire was actually a slow process that had many contributing factorsi. External forces1. Barbaric forces (called The Franks) brutally take overii. Internal forces1. Religious, economic and political turmoilc. Roman Empire splitsi. Western Roman Empire: Romeii. Eastern Roman Empire: Constantinopled. German military leaders take over territories once the Roman Empire disintegrates VII. Justice and powera. Law was personal due to the different ethnicities that ruled the various territoriesb. “Under which law do you live?” became a common questionc. Power was also personali. Territories became personal properties of kinThese 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.ii. Subjects swore allegiance to their leaders1. Unlike US legal immigrants who pledge allegiance to the constitutioniii. Feudalism became fundamental1. Vassal lords were offered land and protection from the King in exchange of fidelity, military service, taxes and ransomVIII.Crossroad of Culturesa. In addition to geographic and political fragmentation, religious breaks also took placei. Roman Catholic Church (West) v. Orthodox Church (East)1. Great Schism of 1054ii. Christianity and Islam1. Muslims (Arabic groups) invasions led to the splitIX. Religion and popular culturea. Christianity gains momentum and becomes the official religioni. However, not all were required to be Christian. Barbaric tribes were often not Christianb. Clovis (a powerful German king) decided to convert to Christianity in 498 for unknown reasonsi. This was a defining moment for Christianityc. The church came to represent stability in a fragmented worldd. The Pope excommunicates the Emperor for naming bishops against his will and the Emperor is forced to formally apologizei. This makes evident how powerful the Pope and the church were at the timee. Overall, the church becomes a powerful political forcei. Because of this the people become extremely religious and superstitious1. They are afraid of sin and rely on the church to promise their salvationa. Crusades, mass, confession and monetary donations will save the peoplei. The first crusade is launched by the Pope in 1096 tofight in the middle East and free Jerusalemb. Even artists and architects work solely for the glory of the


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