01:510:101 Lecture 2: History Readings (1)

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: European History Courses
• Course: 01:510:101
• Professor: Samantha Kelly

Document Summary

They tried to combine their ideas; turning pagan gods into christian rituals. The monk bede described celtic and anglo-saxon tribes unity. Western civilizations: the new rome of byzantium, the new religious empire of islam, and the western european territories loyal to the roman church. Eastern and western divided on language, culture and economics. By 4th century also political bc of the decaying power of constantinople. New emperors tried to fix the divide but only made it permanent. Led campaigns in ostrogothic italy and visigothic spain. Used up many resources and caused destruction along the way. Lombard territories in the north and imperial territories in the southeast and rome. Conditions changed so radically that many legal principles no longer implied. Justinian wanted to restore the prestige and power of the law. The code: a systematic compilation of older imperial statutes. The corpus: body of civil law; foundation of imperial law; absolutism.