1. Mr. Ermer World History Miami Beach Senior High
Europe After Rome
Mr. Ermer
World History
Miami Beach Senior High

2. Europe After the Fall of Rome:

3. Germanic Society Romans & Germans intermarry, cultures mix
Family=most important institution
German idea of family affects law:
Roman Law: crimes like murder are crimes against state and society, criminal taken to trial, convicted or acquitted
Germanic Law: Crime is personal, crime of one against another leads to personal/violent revenge
Wergild: fines paid by offender to family of injured or killed person
Ordeal: Belief that divine intervention would not allow innocent people to be harmed

4. Germanic Justice

5. The Germanic Kingdoms AD 500, Germanic kingdoms replace Romans
Many states ruled by Germanic kings pop up
Ostrogoths (Italy) and Visigoths (Spain) retain Roman government structure
Romans not allowed to hold government office
Roman culture weak in Britain, replaced by Anglo-Saxons
Many Germanic states replaced by others
Longest lasting Germanic state= Franks (France)

6. The Kingdom of the Franks
Established by Clovis, warrior and first Germanic king to convert to Christianity
Clovis’ faith in Christianity won him support of Roman Catholic Church (Western Christianity)
Church happy to have king as “friend”
Frankish kingdom occupies what is today’s France and western Germany
Kingdom divided by Clovis’ sons, after death

7. The Franks

8. Charlemagne & the Carolingians
: Frankish kings lose powers to mayors of the palace, who ran government/castle
Pepin, son of Charles Martel (who defeated Muslims in Spain) rises to king, dies 768
Pepin’s son Charles the Great (Charlemagne) becomes king of the Franks ( ) establishes Carolingian Empire
Counts acted for king across empire, Missi dominici (king’s messengers) keep counts in check

9. Emperor Charlemagne Charlemagne= most powerful Christian king
Crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by pope
Symbolizes joining of Christian, Roman & German cultures and societies
Needing educated government and clergy, education important, esp. in monasteries
Monks work in scriptoria, copying classic works of literature

10. Holy Roman Emperor, Charles the Great

11. The Man Conqueror Patron of Learning
Administrator
Conqueror
Patron of Learning
Athletic, well-spoken, charismatic
Delegator
Aggressive Warrior
Revived classical study
Married four times
Retained local customs
Strong Frankish army
Preserved Latin culture
Spoke Latin, understood Greek, could not write
Divided kingdom into districts
Expanded & consolidated Frankish rule
Established monastic & palace schools
Left empire to this only son
Used missi dominici to inspect and report on provinces

13. Chapter 2, Lesson 4 Review:
On Page 37, write and answer questions 1-5