HIST 2200 Chapter Notes -Capitulary, Mozarabs, Pope Leo Iii
Document Summary
After the outbreak of the plague of justinian, an upswing in population, land cultivation, and general prosperity arose. Byzantium : an empress took the throne. 750- b was a state with its back to the world. 900- all changed inconophile (icon-loving), aggressive and cultured. In byzantium, iconoclasm reigned true and hard, but still there were those who practiced it and devoted to it even in the palace. When leo iv died, his wife who was an iconophile took away iconoclasm and restored past iconoclast bishops. Although still some bans were still in place. The end of iconoclasm displeased the old guard in the army but then a new generation became in charge. Emperor constantine (r. 741 775) created new regiments tagmata mobile troops, composed of cavalry (elite of fighting men), infantry, muleteers. This was first deploted around constantinople but under 9th and 10th c. rulers, its helped. 9th century: byzantines worked out warfare in anatolia: arab raiding parties attacked.
