HI101 Lecture 3: HI101 3RD LECTURE
Document Summary
Gregory of tours- ten books of histories or history of the franks. Didn"t intend to write an ethic history. Much of what we know about the germanic people is wraped by the. Mediterranean vs. northern : volkerwanderung- wandering of local folk, germanist vs. romanist school. Germanist believe in the positive change that was met with the meeting of the germanic people by the romans. Romans believed in the more negative aspects met with the germanist people: primeval surge vs. domino theory. Domino: **foederati- federated truce, romans make promises with groups of barbarians coming in to help them blend into their culture. Stilicho is the regional western empire who leads the empire when the. The regional from the east decides that stilicho betrays the empire. King alaric marches to rome and negotiates their terms but this does not work and their agreement is not upheld so alaric sends his people to sack.
