GERMANIC KINGDOMS 500 A.D.
DARK AGES 500-1000 INVASION BY GERMANIC TRIBES USHERS IN NEW ERA ! ROME’S COLLAPSE BRINGS ABOUT A CHANGE IN EUROPE- POLITICALLY, SOCIALLY, ECONOMICALLY! THIS TIME PERIOD IS REFERRED TO AS : “ THE MIDDLE AGES OR MEDIEVAL TIMES” 500-1000 - “ THE DARK AGES” 1000-1350 – “ THE LATER OR HIGH MIDDLE AGES” THIS WAS A TIME PERIOD OF TRANSITION BETWEEN ANCIENT AND MODERN!! NEW INSTITUTIONS AROSE THAT HAD HERITAGE IN ROME THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IDEAS OF GERMANIC TRIBES!!
ROME COLLAPSES DARK AGES BEGIN 500-1000 IT LEAVES A LEGACY OF: LAW LANGUAGE RELIGION DARK AGES BEGIN A DECLINE IN: COMMON LANGUAGE USE OF MONEY TRADE AND INDUSTRY LEARNING CITIES STRONG CENTRAL GOV’T POPULATION- SHIFTS URBAN TO RURAL IMPORTANCE : CHURCH IS STRONGEST INSTITUTION AND CLERGY MOST EDUCATED LATIN USED IN CHURCH
GERMANIC TRIBES WARRIORS FIGHT OUT OF LOYALTY NO GOV’T OFFICIALS OR TAXES LAW BASED ON CUSTOM NOT WRITTEN LAWS CLERGY MOST EDUCATED
FRANKS EMERGE AS MOST STRONGEST KINGDOM 500S- CLOVIS- 1ST LEADER MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY THIS CREATES BOND BETWEEN CHURCH AND KINGDOM 700S- MAYOR OF PALACE BECOMES MOST IMPORTANT – KING IN NAME ONLY
CHARLES MARTEL-MAYOR OF THE PALACE “THE HAMMER” FIGHTS THE MUSLIMS AT BATTLE OF TOURS RESULT- ISLAM DOES NOT SPREAD THROUGHOUT EUROPE!
PEPIN THE SHORT 714(724)-768 YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES MARTEL STARTS THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY CROWNED BY POPE- CREATES STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH CHURCH AND KINGS POPE USES THIS TO JUSTIFY AUTHORITY OVER POLITICAL RULERS! POPE NEEDS HELP AGAINST LOMBARDS PEPIN DEFEATS THEM AND GIVES KEYS TO POPE CALLED “PAPAL STATES” POPE RULED THIS UNTIL THE 1800S!
CHARLES THE GREAT AKA : CHARLEMAGNE 742-814 SON OF PEPIN OVER 6’4 IN ,STRONG RULER He battled for Christianity CROWNED KING BY POPE LEO IN Rome-EMPEROR OF ROMANS CREATES A STRONG GOVERNMENT FRANKISH KINGDOM REACHES ITS LARGEST SIZE UNDER HIM
KINGDOM OF THE FRANKS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF CHARLEMAGNE REUNITES LARGE AREAS OF EUROPE FRANKISH KINGDOM DIVIDED INTO COUNTIES CONTROLLED BY A COUNT MISSI DOMENICI TO CHECK ON COUNTS SPREAD CHRISTIANITY AT ALL COSTS ESTABLISHES PARISHES FOR THE CHURCH ESTABLISHES A TITHE -10% OF INCOME TO CHURCH ESTABLISHES SCHOOLS IN MONASTERIES PROMOTES REVIVAL OF LEARNING MONKS COPY ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS
DEATH OF CHARLEMAGNE 814 LOUIS THE PIOUS-SON INHERITS KINGDOM HE DIES KINGDOM DIVIDED BETWEEN HIS SONS –TREATY OF VERDUN -843 EAST- LOUIS THE GERMAN MIDDLE -LOTHAIR WEST- CHARLES THE BALD