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CHARLEMAGNE UNITES GERMANIC KINGDOMS (PP. 353-357)
I. SETTING
A. MIDDLE AGES
1.
2. CULTURAL MIX
a)
b)
c)
II. INVASION TRIGGERS CHANGES
A. INTRODUCTION
1. REPEATED INVASION
a)
2. DARK AGES – PERIOD OF CULTURAL DECLINE IN WESTERN
EUROPE
3. ROMAN (SECULAR) AUTHORITY DECLINED WHILE CHURCH
AUTHORITY GREW
B. EFFECTS OF INVASION
1. DISRUPTION OF TRADE
a)
b)
c)
2. CITIES –
3. POPULATION SHIFT
a)
b)
c)
C. DECLINE OF LEARNING
1.
2.
3.
4.
D. LOSS OF COMMON LANGUAGE
1. DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGES
a)
b)
c) LATIN LANGUAGE CARRIED TO GERMANIC TRIBES BY
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
III. GERMAN KINGDOMS EMERGE
A. INTRODUCTION
1. GERMANIC KINGDOMS
a)
b)
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2. CHURCH
a)
b)
B. CONCEPT OF GOVERNMENT CHANGES
1. GERMANIC COMMUNITIES
a)
b)
2. GERMANIC TRIBES
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
C. CLOVIS RULES THE FRANKS
1. FRANKS 2.
3. CONVERSION
a)
b)
4. UNIFICATION
a)
b)
IV. GERMAN ADOPT CHRISTIANITY
A. MONASTERIES AND CONVENTS
1. MONASTERIES
a)
b) MONKS –
c) CONVENTS –
d) PARISH PRIESTS AND NUNS SERVED RELIGIOUS AND
SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE
2. BENEDICT
a)
b) GUIDELINES –
c) LIFE –
3. EDUCATION AND CULTURAL DIFFUSION
a)
b) VENERABLE BEDE –
c) ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS
(1)
(2)
d) MONASTERIES PRESERVED GRECO ROMAN CULTURE
B. THE CHURCH UNDER GREGORY I
1.
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2. SECULAR – CHURCH ASSUMED NON RELIGIOUS DUTIES OF
GOVERNMENT
3. SECULAR DUTIES –
4. CHRISTENDOM –
a)
b)
V. EMPIRE EVOLVES
A. INTRODUCTION
1.
2.
3. CONTROLLED BY MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY
B. CHARLES MARTEL EMERGES
1. MAYOR OF THE PALACE (GOVERNOR)
a)
b)
2. CHARLES MARTEL
a)
b)
c) BATTLE OF TOURS
(1)
(2)
(3) CREATED FEUDAL SYSTEM TO SUPPORT
MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
3. PEPIN THE SHORT
a)
b)
c)
C. FRANKISH KINGDOMS EMERGED AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN
WESTERN EUROPE
1. POPE CROWNING EMPERORS OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE
2. GERMANIC KINGDOMS SUPPORTING THE POPE AND
CHRISTENDOM
VI. CHARLEMAGNE
A. CONQUEST
1.
2.
3.
4. LEO III
a)
b)
c) LED TO THE SPLIT OF THE CHURCH
(1) WEST – ROMAN CATHOLIC
(2) EAST – EASTERN ORTHODOX
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B. CHARLEMAGNE LEADS REVIVAL
1. ROYAL POWER
a)
b)
c)
2. DUTIES
a) PERSONALLY JUDGED CASES & SETTLED DISPUTES
b)
C. CULTURAL REVIVAL
1. ENCOURAGEMENT OF LEARNING
a)
b)
c)
d) MONASTERIES COPIED LATIN TEXTS
e) GRECO/ROMAN CULTURE WAS REVIVED
D. CHARLEMAGNE’S HEIRS
1. LOUIS –
2. DIVISION OF EMPIRE
a)
b) TREATY OF VERDUN –
c)
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