UGC 111 Lecture 4: UGC111unit4 (1)
19 May 2017
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Europe in the middle ages 1: carolingians and invasions. Germans hired as auxiliary soldiers or foederati . Ancient rome provided benefits in exchange of military assistance. Communities of foreigners, outside of the empire. Theodoric the ostrogoth (king of the ostrogoth - estern god) Mixed german and roman customs and dress. Arianism: the belief that god and jesus are different. Clovis, the descendent of the ancient warrior. Used clovis" fears about succession as leverage for her religion. After their second son survived a near death, she attributed his survival to god. During a battle in which his forces were being slaughtered , clovis prayed to his wife"s god. Spoiler alert: clovis ended up winning that battle and was later baptized. Pagani = pagans = people who live in the country, a person holding religious beliefs other than those of the main world religions. (non - christians) Christians send missionaries (from the latin word mitto, to send ) - promote.
