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Marcellinus
- Description of the fatal battle that led to the invasion of Germanic tribes
- Fall of Roman Empire
- Last in a long line of Roman historians
- Participated in many battles
- Descriptions of the losses for the Romans and the death of important Romans and the emperor and tribunes |
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Procopius
- Historian
- Lawyer
- Describing fans of two teams chariot racing (the greens and the blues)
- Life in the capital
- Idea of fashion worn in sports
- Players would often rob members of the upper class
- Ambition for power |
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The Koran
- Eternal creation of god from the prophet Mohammaed
- Direct word of god
- Mixed message of religious text
- Explains to muslims the correct attitude to adopt to Jews and Christians
- Do not fear man, but fear god
- Everyone has a path
- Many are evil doers |
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The Koran
- Prophets of past
- God’s will
- Mixed message of religious text
- Muslims believe in Mary and Jesus as a prophet, but not the son of god |
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The Koran
- Insight on role of Jesus in Islamic understanding of God’s dealing with the human race
- Jesus is a prophet
- Thoughts on whether Jesus died or didn’t
- Revealed everything to all prophets after Noah
- Jesus gave them the prophet Mohammed |
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Gregory of Tours
- Best know historians of his time
- Presided over tours and nearby cities
- Most important source of history for the Frankish kingdoms
- Historical accuracy
- Clovis I was the founder of the Frankish kingdoms
- Paganism to Christianity with wife, became catholic
- Ensured Rome’s eventual triumph in the Germanic kingdoms
- How he met his wife
- Attempts to get Clovis to believe in “true god” Christianity |
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Einhard
- Einhard’s most famous work
- Descriptions of Charlemagne’s character and habits as well as devotion to learning
- Tells story of his crowning as emperor of Rome
- Charlemagne’s wives
- Always with his children, could not live without them
- Queen Fastrada was a total bitch
- He was a good, welcoming man
- Great speaker |
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William of Tyre
- Politician and archbishop
- Wrote history of medieval Palestine
- Extremely valuable account of the crusades
- Religious, military, and political causes for the crusading failures in the holy land
- Looking to god for aid
- Those from the east were well trained in battle
- Almost every city had its own ruler
- Read over again, confusing story |
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| An Arab Opinion of the Crusades |
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Usama Ubn Munqidh
- Muslim warrior and politician
- Famous for descriptions of franks
- Counterpoint to Christian accounts
- Able to not slander the Christians |
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| Proofs of God’s Existence |
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Aquinas
- Greatest Theologian of Medieval Catholic Church
- Thomism
- Reconcile the teachings of the best pagan philosophers
- Those who maintain God’s existence cannot be proved rationally or can be know from faith alone |
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| Church and State Compromise over the Investiture Issue |
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Pope Calixtus II and Emperor Henry V
- Converted the bishop of Roman from a spiritual authority to a temporal power
- Rivaled the holy roman empire and competed with kings and princes to exercise authority
- Universal jurisdiction
- Pope Gregory VII and Henry IV struggle for power
- Emperor refused to give up right to elect bishops
o Feudal inferiors were the bishops
- Permitted to be present at elections and to receive homage from bishops
- Allowed to veto over election of bishops
- Church had right to elect own officials |
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Boccaccio
- Greatest writers of Italian renaissance
- Poet and writer
- In Florence he witness the black death first hand
- From the view of people seeking refuge from plague (noble men and women)
- Descriptions of what different people did during the plague
- What they did with the dead |
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| The English Peasants’ Revolt |
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Froissart
- Poet, scholar, and author
- Historian of Hundred Years war
- Travelled extensively in Britain
- Covers the hundred years war as well as events that occurred in England and the European continent
- Very detailed
- First great war journalist
- Attention to the problems of the peasants even though he sides with the king |
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