HIST-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Stratification, Thomas Becket, Missus Dominicus
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Germanic kingdoms and the fall of rome add this part: rome fell because the germanic kingdoms invaded western rome, clovis. Clovis was the king of the franks (most powerful kingdom in. This was important because christianity attracted people and it was a tool connecting clovis and the people of gaul. He conquered gaul (used to belong to the romans: charles martel. He lead the french and defeated the muslims in the battle of. Because of this victory, he and his family got a sense of holiness: battle of tours. This was when the french defeated the muslim army in 732 ad. Christian europe saw this as a symbol that god was on their side. Since charles martel lead the victory and practically saved. Crowned holy roman emperor by pope leo iii. This revived the thought that europe was united under one faith. Reunited lots of the old roman empire.
