byzantine and carolingian empire
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Byzantine Empire
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EAST-WEST DIVIDE: 395 A.D. Theodosius I
FALL OF THE WESTERN ROMAN
EMPIRE476 A.D. Germanic
invasions (Romulus).The Eastern Roman Empireremained until 1453
Rome Constantinople
The Eastern Roman EmpirebecomesByzantium
• Constatinopleis the capital
• This Empirewas richerthan theWestern RomanEmpire
Emperor Justinian
• Tried to rebuild the Roman Empire: Justinian re-extended the Empire's boundaries to southern Spain, the Italian peninsula and North Africa
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
• Administrative system: Civil servants (Organized bureaucracy)
BASILEUSGoverned the Church and the State
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS• Themes (provinces)
• Roman Law
• Byzantine society:
1st level: aristocracy, High Church.
2nd level: rest of the clergy, civil servants, merchants, free peasants.
3rd level: serfs and slaves.
BYZANTINE ECONOMY
• Agriculture: latifundia
• Craftwork
• Trade
TheChurch in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
Problems faced by the Church• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
Byzantine art
• Mosaics covering walls & ceilings
Architecture (Large domes)
Hagia SophiaBuilt in Constatinople
Icons
Carolingian Empire
Kingdom of the Franks
• Various Germanic Kingdoms in the Old Western Roman Empire
• Most flourishing Germanic kingdom: Franks
• Period that started with Charlemagne: Carolingian Empire.
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
• Emperor: supreme power.
• Territories division:
Counties (count).
Marches, by the borders . Militarised (marquess).
CAROLINGIAN ECONOMY
• Agriculture : latifundia (large plots of land).
Carolingian society
• Highest: nobles, the high church.
• Intermediate: peasants, craftsmen and merchants.
• lower: serfs (descendants of slaves).
CAROLINGIAN ART
• Architecture: The Palace of Aachen.
• Other artistic manifestations: Small sculptures and miniature paintings in books.
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