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Heirs to the Roman Empire: Europe, 500 to 800 AD

Heirs to the Roman Empire: Europe, 500 to 800 AD. World History - Libertyville HS. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire. Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire Ostrogoths – Italy Saxons – England / NW Germany Visigoths – Spain Vandals – North Africa Franks - France.

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Heirs to the Roman Empire: Europe, 500 to 800 AD

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  1. Heirs to the Roman Empire: Europe, 500 to 800 AD World History - Libertyville HS

  2. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire • Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire • Ostrogoths – Italy • Saxons – England / NW Germany • Visigoths – Spain • Vandals – North Africa • Franks - France

  3. Effects of Fall • Changes in government form • Citizenship less important (less obligation) • Now, personal loyalty is most important (requires high obligation to leader) • German chiefs led bands of warriors personally loyal to him

  4. Effects of Fall of WRE • Economic Effects • Cities shrank as law, order broke down • Trade shrank as l & o broke down • Travel became unsafe (bandits)

  5. Effects of Fall of WRE • Loss of knowledge, learning • Incomers were illiterate (no written language) • As cities shrank, so too did the “literacy line” decrease • Represents where people have opportunity to get educated • Roman times = throughout Empire • Early MA = around monasteries, a few towns • People didn’t have time to learn to read (survival!)

  6. Effects of Fall of WRE • Population shifts • Roman nobility moved to countryside • Intermarried with incoming Germanic leaders • Became future nobility of Europe

  7. Effects of the Fall of WRE • Political Effects • Almost all (Roman) political institutions FAIL • Examples of political institutions? • Results in a power vacuum • Power goes to those who control land

  8. Effect of Fall of WRE • Power to those who control land • Shift of power from Southern Italy to N. Europe • Less wealth in N = less to loot = less destruction • Development of heavy plow • Larger populations developed more quickly in N than S • More population = more specialization

  9. Who benefits from Fall of Rome? • Rise in power of local warlords – whoever had military strength, seized and controlled land • Rise in power of Church • Only Roman institution to survive fall of Empire • Provided continuity / link between WRE, post WRE world • Something for regular people to hold on to • Preserved knowledge of Romans, some Greeks

  10. Power of Church • Remnants of Roman authority used to bolter own authority • The past was very important for commoners to look to • They were no longer important, themselves • Conversion of incomers key • Church came to terms with invaders (blended old, new ways) • Conversion key b/c w/ their conversion, more power to church

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