HIST 3P96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Arianism, Visigoths, West Francia
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The formation of an early- medieval ecclesiastical culture and society centered on monasteries and the primacy of roman (catholic christianity). The germani (the barbarians) everyone who didn"t speak greek were considered barbarians: the germani. Why did they come: fleeing from the huns what were coming west, refugees of goths from northern europe, eventually, recruited army from the barbarians (peaceful movements from the beginning). The visigoths: part of the barbarian tribes, invaded italy became hostile when they attacked/destroyed rome, 378 emperor died political and social decline (adrianopole, the last roman emperor deposed (476). Justinian ruler / emperor of the east roman empire trying to recover what has been lost in the barbarians (spain, africa) but ended up regained northern spain and north africa and italy and eastern coast. Western roman empire was totally gone eastern only remained. A new political equilibrium: the germanic/ western roman empire, the byzantine east, the arab empire after the 7th or 8th century.
