HIS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Human Nature, Weregild, Nika Riots
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Loyalty of man to lord; largesse of lord to man. Focus on glory in this world little sense of afterlife. Many german tribes convert to arian christianity. Roman writers let us know what was going on with the germans. Tales of valor live on as you do not. Compensation to family to avoid blood feuds. Meant to end the cycle of vengeance. Higher penalty for killing king"s men, women of childbearing age, Salic law: women cannot inherit ancestral land. Successors of the roman empire in the east. Thinks of himself as a new roman bishop. Reject idea that god can be born or die. Those on the losing side of debates split off from the empire. Accept the decision of the council or will not be accepted in church or even civil society. Decision: divinity and humanity are unfocused, immutable, indivisible and inseparable. Emperors alternate between attempts to reconcile monophysites and persecution.
