HIST 150 Lecture 3: 150 Lecture 3 Outline - The Medieval World (Fall 2016)

• School: Ball State University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 150
• Professor: Dr Parkinson

Document Summary

Ostrogoths: retain much of what the romans leave behind (live where the center of the. Roman empire once was) theodoric was one of the great leaders when he died his empire crumbled. Visigoths: o(cid:374)e of the largest i(cid:374) ter(cid:373)s of (cid:374)u(cid:373)(cid:271)ers. They (cid:449)ere already (cid:373)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to ro(cid:373)e (cid:271)efore its fall. They also pi(cid:272)k up portio(cid:374)s of (cid:272)ulture of ro(cid:373)e. Franks: longest lasting- king frankish clovis- was christian and then insured that the religion would be so in that area. Angles & saxons: both go a crossed the sea and go into what is england now. They bring their culture with them and impose it on what becomes britain. Justinian (r. 527 - 565) & wife theodora (one of the greatest kings) Under his watch it becomes a dominate empire in the east. Corpus juris civilis (body of civil law) introduced (529 534)