476-1453AD- the middle ages
-What happened in 476 that ended the empire?
Romulus Agustilus was just told to step down.
New societies characteristics
- Classical heritage of Rome
- beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
- customs of various Germanic tribes
- disruption of trade
- downfall of cities
- population shifts to rural areas
The church was like a theocracy during this time (Christendom)
Charles the Hammer Clovis's descendants
Important: The Muslims are starting to work there way up through Europe the Battle of Tours in 732 is when Hammer defeated the Muslims. If Hammer had lost everything probably would have been Muslim.
Charles Martel's son is Pepin the short
The pope names him king
Pepin dies in 768, leaving two sons
1. Carloman- dies in 771
2. Charles- known as Charlemagne, meaning Charles the Great
six foot four inches an amazing leader
Treaty of Verdun- the three brothers split up the whole empire
Today in Western civilization we took notes. (reminder to myself: find all notes on blog)
TEST IS NEXT WEEK
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