HI101 Lecture Notes - Ostrogothic Kingdom, Odoacer, Tees-Exe Line

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Standing on the shoulders of giants: the germanic successor kingdoms. States that follow the roman empire not the barbarian packs (real states) Have source saying germans have democracy, not a centralized structure. Seen as bad by romans, but not necessarily. Germanic kingship operated from both war-leader and sacral. Kept groups happy by making tribute to these leaders. The vocabulary of power (g. remegius to clovis, talking as if he were christian when he was probably arian at the time) Barbarian opportunism and the collapse of the western empire: the visigoths. Romans enlisted visigoths to defend roman properties there. Visigoths usually cooperated with rome in the later period. Euric (d. 484) and the kingdom of toulouse. At time when rome exerting no control over the area. Makes deal with western rome, trading away sidonius and his city. Had no interest in being ruled by the visigoths. Relationship between church and state even closer under visigoths.

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