Charlemagne

From a small city-state to a far-reaching civilization that dominated the vast region of the Mediterranean, Rome’s history includes many endeavors and triumphs in its rise, thrive, and fall throughout its two and a half millennia (2500 years). Rome’s history dawns in the 8th century BC, where the future empire begins as a small Latin village founded by Italic tribes. Those Italic tribes also held other nearby city-states in Central Italy. Rome was a state in which the people held its supreme…

If I was a European peasant, I would have many grievances and things to be thankful for. One of my biggest complaints would be that I could be used by one of the knights for target practice. They had the exclusive use of weapons, so it’s not like I could fight back. Not only do I have to feed them, but I could be killed by one of them. Another thing that I would grumble about is how monotonous my life is. Every day it’s the same old thing: wake up at dawn, work in the fields for hours, fix…

(Empress). She is sharing, and or giving, this offering. In contrast, Ingres portrait of Napoleon is a combination of “well-known frontal images of the deities Jupiter, or Zeus, and God the Father with the imperial attributes of the historical emperors Charlemagne and Charles V of Spain” (Sayre 622). So, while Theodora and Napoleon are both being portrayed as almost godlike and proud, powerful leaders of their time Theodora is so not only because she is an empress but also because she is holding…

advancement was a community based cultivation arrangement called the open-field system, “which involves long strips of arable land separated from each other by a furrow, balk...[t]he earliest examples of this system date from roughly 800, the year Charlemagne was crowned emperor of the West” (Rasmussen, Fussell, Mellanby, Nair, Ordish, Crawford, Gray, 2017, p. 1).…

notion. The view of the Roman Church was known as the Filioque. Political views of the Roman and Byzantine branches of the Christian Church also varied. The Latin branch recognized Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor when he was crowned by Pope Leo III in 800. However, the Byzantine Greeks refused to recognize Charlemagne as emperor. Social statutes generated additional rifts in the Eastern and Western branches of the church. For example, the Romans insisted on clerical celibacy, an edict…

1. The Code of Justinian, The Roman Emperor Justinian instructed his legal advisors to come together to create a set common set of laws that were to be used for his entire empire. The group of men wrote down the laws that were already in use and made sure they did not contradict one another. When they felt the laws were in order they named them “The Code of Justinian. The laws were so well written and were just that many nations used the Justinian codes when they were establishing their own laws…

There are academic claims suggesting that Medieval Europe is a direct continuation of Ancient Rome. Through the evidence found within the given text, there seems to be a similar correlation between such cultures, specific using the historical context provided. Examples of the given historical contexts for both cultures would be: architectural development, visual elements (such as painting or tapestries), statues, and written products. Due to the uniqueness of each culture, one will notice that…

“On all sides. we see war, on all sides, we hear groans, our cities are destroyed, our strongholds razed, the countryside desolate. Their is no one to till the fields; no one almost to keep the towns.. some are left limbless, some slain.” The quote stated by Pope Gregory II speaks of the brutal and destructive ways of barbarian tribe, The Lombards. The Lombards originated in the Lower Elbe Valley in modern day Dresden, Germany. Although from Germany, records state the Lombards origin is in…

In medieval Europe, the image of strength was equally as important as the ability to act on that image. Enduring kingdoms were capable of subduing others, both through intimidation and in battle. In Beowulf, violence is a key part of maintaining society’s stability. The hero, Beowulf, is the epitome of the physically imposing, battle-triumphant warrior that is highly idealized in medieval culture. Just as a sound king indicates a sound kingdom, Beowulf’s presence increases the power of…

would leave everything to the empire, and some had even accused Justinian of committing murder in order to get the funds necessary to fuel his dream (Cassel, 2007). Using these rather slippery ways of getting the money, Justinian began to gain enemies, and it wouldn’t be soon after that a rebellion would threaten his reign over the empire (Brooks, 2009). With such behavior, it didn’t take long for the empire to retaliate, causing the Nika Revolt on January 13th, 532 AD. The whole city of…