Test 3 Flashcards
3 Main Parts to Europe
Greco-Roman (Philosophy & Law)
Germanic (Traditions & Customs)
Christian (Faith & Practices)
5 Patriarchs
East- Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, & Constantinople
West- Rome
Bishop of Rome
Petrine Doctrine (Matthew 16:18) Leo I
Leo the Great
Bishop of Rome (Pope)
Anthony
Father of hermit monasticism
Pachomius
Organized monastic communities in Egypt
Benedict
Benedict’s Rule- guidebook to monastic living
Martin of Tours
Introduced monastic life into Gaul
John Cassian
Lived in Egyptian desert
Traveled to S. Gaul
Scholastica*
Sister of the Benedict of Nursia
Ostrogoths (Theodoric)
Theodoric the Great established kingdom in N. Italy
Combined Roman & Germanic laws
Visigoths
Ruled in Spain until 711
Vandals
Ruled in N. Africa
Franks
Modern France & Germany
Clovis & Merovingian dynasty
King of Frankish tribes
Converted to Christianity after victory in battle
Deception
Established the Merovingian Dynasty
Angles & Saxons
Move into Britain
Celts
Driven into Scotland
Germanic custom & law (wergeld)
Worth of person under law
Byzantine Empire
East- Roman (Greek speaking)
Emperor nominated from patriarch of Constantinople & tasked with protecting the church
Constantinople
Center of Roman Empire
Justinian (his accomplishments)
Byzantine Emperor
Regained Italy & N. Africa
Built Hagia Sophia
Corpus Iuris Civilis- the body of civil law
Theodora
Married to Justinian
Procopius
Wrote official & secret history of Justinian’s Court
Heraclius
Byzantine Emperor
Defeated Persians
Emp. Leo III & Iconoclasm
Ended Muslim siege of Constantinople
Iconoclast Controversy- forbids icons (pope was against this policy)
Cyril & Methodius
Missionaries to Slavs
Merovingian Dynasty
Established by Clovis
Kingdom over Franks
Civitas- ruled by counts
Mayor of the palace
Carolingian Dynasty
Established by Charles Martel
Charles Martel
Established the Carolingian Dynasty
Mayor of the Palace
Pippin the Short
Pope Zacharais appointed Pippin as ‘King of Franks’