HIST 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Caesarea, John Cassian, Subiaco, Lazio
24 Apr 2017
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Partible inheritance (where your territory is divided b. w all children, sometimes only the boys) Primogeniture (the first kid gets the land, everyone else has to find their own way to wealth) Advantages to converting: germanic kings, downside - lack of politically impartial bishops and priests, encouraged people to submit to christianity in hope for a better afterlife, moral justification, community membership, political alliances, military support, protection, prestige. Families were expected to raise their children as christians. 496 onwards: mutually beneficial relationship b. w. the franks and catholic church. Sends to england a missionary (augustine of canterbury) Member of st. andrew"s monastery in italy. Attempts to convert saxons: king aethelbert of kent. Shortly converted to christianity but didn"t force people to convert. Pagan kings were generally like this, they were very passionate about the religion, but they never forced anyone else to convert. Brought him begrudging support from cornwall and wales church.
