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| Is the trade of East Europe connected to the trade of West Europe? |
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| What is the only exception to that? |
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| The Byzantine Emrire (Indean Ocean Sea trade) |
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| Describe Europe after the fall of Rome. |
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- Pop decreases by 25% (disease, warfare)
- Less farn land (less urban, more rural)
- Rome at largest pop=1 million
- Rome c. 900 = 10000
- Roads & buildings deteriate
- Europe less focused on Mediteranean & more on Central Europe
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- Military values & culture copied by Visagoths, Franks, Lombards, Angles, Saxons
- Rulers used roman law
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- Led by Clovis (1st Germanic leader to convert to Christianity 500 CE)
- More support for Roman Catholic Church
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- Visigoths --> Spain & Italy
- Ostrogoths --> Italy (500 CE)
- Angles & Saxons --> Britain
- Culture
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| Describe th Germanic culture. |
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- Family = main unit of culture
- Trial by ordeal
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| Describe the family as the main unit of culture. |
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- Law not handled by state
- Wergild
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| When a person does something mean or should-be-illegal to another person, the family of the wronged has revenge, which is the wergild. |
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| Describe the trial by ordeal. |
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It was a dark and stormy night, and a man ran across the courtyard with his flesh melted clean off...
You dont have a court, so the defendent sticks his hand in boiling water, because God wont protect the guilty, so if he is hurt or killed, he is guilts, but if not, the innocent man will be unharmed (Not necessarily boiling water, but a possibly life-threatening task) |
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- Political & social system (Land lord offeres protection in return for service)
- Vassalage (Long story)
- Knights
- Nobility
- Serfs
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- Vassal- man who served lord in military
- Warriors- Swear oath to leaders and fight for them
- Loyalty is the most important
- Vassal pays lord (upon L's eldest son's knighting, L's eldest daughter's marriage, pays L's ransom[s])
- Lord provides protection (Fief, political power)
- Knights- have larger houses and stirrups
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| Land given to vassals as payment |
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Have langer houses and stirrups |
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| What are some examples of advantages caused by stirrups? |
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- Longer lance
- Heavy chain mail armor
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- Kings, dukes, counts, barons, bishops & archbishops (owned land, political, social & economic power)
- Tournaments (Young knights only responsibility is to become noteworthy and gain employment)
- Catholic Church influence chivalry (defend church & defenseless, treat captives well, fight for glory only)
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Serfs- peasents legally bound to the land
- Had to provide labor, pay rent, subject to lord (couldn't leave without permission & couldn't marry outside manor without approval)
- By 800 CE, 60% pop in West Europe = serfs
- Women = men
sorry, had to do that, women and men are equal |
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| What is the political structure of the Church? |
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- Parish- community lead by priest
- Bishopric- group of perishes led by bishop
- Archbishop- oversaw bishop
- Pope- "papa" father of Catholic Church
- Gregory I, Gregory the Great (pope 590-604) (increases power of pope, ruled Rome = more political power)
- Monk[ey]s (monasticism, saint...)
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| Living apart from society, devoting life to God |
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