HIST 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trachea, Animal Husbandry, Communalism
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Segment 3: western europe in the late 11th century and the background to the. Crusades: society, the historical background, feudalism, knights, manorialism, change and the rise of towns and order, politics and the church, pilgrimage, holy war and preaching. Germanic migrations: 5th century, 400s especially ce when western europe slipped out of administrative political control of old roman empire and into hands of germanic invaders who settled and established kingdoms. Significant date: 476 romulus augustus last western roman. Empire returned insignia to constantinople: gradual withering of roman control, not over night, areas of western. Europe who moved in were hibernized, lot of contact with roman. World borrowing, cross cultural influence: germanic tribes are more or less romanised. Example: franks in western north europe heavily romanised, Catholic christians vs. aryan christians, intermarried, etc: attempt in 6th century by byznatine emperor justinian to re control areas in western mediterranean northern africa, italy, western islands, east coast of spain.