LS236 Lecture 1: The Anglo-Saxons

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS236
• Professor: Dan Hutter

Document Summary

Lecture one: introduction: this (cid:272)ourse (cid:858)(cid:271)egi(cid:374)s(cid:859) (cid:449)here/(cid:449)he(cid:374) the o(cid:373)a(cid:374) e(cid:373)pire (cid:858)e(cid:374)ds(cid:859) Norther(cid:374) ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:858)(cid:271)ar(cid:271)aria(cid:374)s deli(cid:448)ered the (cid:862)(cid:373)er(cid:272)(cid:455) kill(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:272)oup de gra(cid:272)e(cid:895) to a stagnating western roman empire. German culture and society, influenced by roman institutions, created medieval. This created the institutions that lead to the rise of the knight, men-at-arms, and early nation states. The germanic states, through their institutions and laws, helped to create modern. The anglo-saxons (least influenced by roman law) The lombards (more influenced by roman law) From marius to julis caesar: 102 bc: roman general marius defeats teutoni at aquae sexitae in southern france, 59 to 51: julius caesar campaigns in gaul, germany and britain. When caesar defeated the german leader vercongetorix, gaul became a roman pro(cid:448)i(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d shared a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:271)order (cid:449)ith the (cid:858)ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:449)ilder(cid:374)ess(cid:859) a(cid:272)ross the. The roman and german worlds collide: 27 to 12 bc: roman forces advance to the danube.