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Intro to the Dark and Middle Ages

Intro to the Dark and Middle Ages. Global History I. Examine this painting. What is the artist attempting to illustrate about the Dark Ages/medieval period?. Disruption of Trade. Merchants’ businesses were destroyed by barbarians Unsafe to trade No Trade = No Cultural Diffusion.

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Intro to the Dark and Middle Ages

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  1. Intro to the Dark and Middle Ages Global History I

  2. Examine this painting. What is the artist attempting to illustrate about the Dark Ages/medieval period?

  3. Disruption of Trade • Merchants’ businesses were destroyed by barbarians • Unsafe to trade • No Trade = No Cultural Diffusion

  4. Downfall of Cities • People retreat to countryside to evade invaders • Lack of central government administration • More people live in rural areas than urban centers

  5. Decline of Learning • Germanic tribes were illiterate and had no written language • Illiteracy + Lack of Written Language = NO VALUE ON EDUCATION

  6. Loss of Common Language • Germanic invaders did not speak Latin • Various dialects form from mixing Latin and Germanic languages • By the 800s, French and Spanish had evolved • No Common Language = NO UNITY

  7. Germanic-style Government • Allegiance to family tribes as opposed to a state • No central authority; lack of an emperor • No loyalty to a king; no “Hail Caesar”

  8. The Franks & Christianity • The leader of the Franks, Clovis, converted to Christianity to appease his wife and to repay God for a victory (similar to ____________________) • Rome supports Clovis & aids his military campaign to unite all Franks Clovis: 466 – 511

  9. The Franks & Christianity • The Church builds monasteries to convert German • Monastery a religious community of men (monks) who have given up their possessions to devote themselves to a life of prayer & worship

  10. The Franks & Christianity • Importance of monks • Opened schools & maintained libraries • Human printing press  copied books; preserved aspects of Roman intellect

  11. Gregory I (Papacy 590 – 604) • Pope Gregory the Great increases the power of the papacy by • Becoming involved in the secular world • Raising armies • Giving charity to the poor • Gregory believed the people of Europe were his responsibility

  12. Charlemagne (742 – 814) • King of the Franks • Crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 C.E. • Ushers in the Carolingian Renaissance • His unifying conquests led to an increase in monastic schools

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