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tetracity |
division of powers amongt 4 2 junior emporers 2 senior emperors |
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who is constantine, whatd he do ? |
Adapts christianity as aofficial state religion |
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significance of the good shepard |
The shephard is symbolic of a caregiver (savior-protector) and the lamb is symbolic as a sacrificial victim, which jesus is because his life is sacrificed for the sins of his people |
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mithraism |
Mystery cult originating in persia |
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what are the influences of the catholic church? |
latin language roman legal system( canon law) methods of architectural construction |
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Basillica nova |
Constantine turned into commissioning building |
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monasticism |
monkhood, {monos}=alone |
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what was the first byzantine monastery ? where was it located? |
monte cassino, ITALY |
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CENOBITIC |
Communal ( monte cassino) |
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what kind of vows did the monks take? |
poverty,chastity,obedience |
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according to _________ rule, the monastic day was divided into 3 activities |
prayer work sleep |
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what were monks and nons primarily responsible for? |
hand copying and illustrating christian texts and manuscripts |
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monasteries contributed to... |
-educational programs -religious art and music - |
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who were 2 important church fathers |
gregory the great augustine of Hippo |
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gregory the great |
gregorian chants |
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author of confessions |
augustine of Hippo |
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who was augustine , what kind of problems did he have? |
conflict between worldly pleasure an religious calling lower self and higher self church fatheer |
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Iconography |
study of symbols |
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what does the halo signify? |
holiness and dignity |
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these were used as models for churhces ex? |
roman basillicas st peters basillica |
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what kind of architecture is the hagia sophia?where is it found? What is it? |
byzantine found in istanbul,turkey previously constanople church-->mosque---> museum |
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San vitale, where is it found, whats it look like? whats it contain inside? |
octagonal shape beautiful inside, domes,marbles, mosaics Revena, italy |
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what is the name of this? where is it located? |
san vitale revena italy |
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where is it found? name? |
hagia sophia istanbul |
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who seized rule in spain after the fall of the western empire |
visigoths--- |
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who were the visigoths defeated by? |
the moors and berbers( entered from north africa) |
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what is significant about cordoba? |
administrative hub of arab spain rich intelligists influenced all areas of life influenced spanish words |
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where is this found? whats it called? what does it feature |
the great mosque cordoba arbesque: arabic design that features plants or flowers arabic calligraphy |
