The Medieval World An Overview

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The Medieval World An Overview Dr Alex Russell Alexander.Russell@warwick.ac.uk Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-5 pm or by appointment

The ‘Middle Ages’ Europe c. 500-1500, from the fall of Rome to the Renaissance

The Roman Empire 6.5 million km2 at greatest extent (C2nd AD) 50-60 million living under pax romana Mediterranean = mare nostrum Capital at Rome

Scale model of ancient Rome in the time of Constantine

Constantine the Great, 272-327 AD (bits of a colossal sculpture in the Capitoline Museum, Rome)

The Decline of Rome Decline of Roman Empire from C3rd 410 Rome sacked by Visigoths waves of ‘barbarian’ invasions (or migrations?) - Huns, Lombards, Vandals, Ostrogoths, Franks 476 last western emperor stands down BUT eastern (Byzantine) empire survives

Shrine of Charlemagne (C13th) The Carolingians C8th Carolingian dynasty established in Frankish realm Charlemagne (r. 768-814) Shrine of Charlemagne (C13th)

Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope, 800

Dark blue = Frankish realm in 714 CE Carolingian Empire Dark blue = Frankish realm in 714 CE Light blue = Extent of empire in 814 CE

Instability of 10th Century

Monarchies in western Europe 1154 to 1314

Italy around 1200

Expansion of Christianity in Eastern Europe

The Christian conquest of Spain

Flux in Byzantine Empire Brown line = Imperial frontier around 628 CE Red line = Imperial frontier around 1025 CE Green line = Imperial frontier around 1143 CE