Germanic paganism

Greeks. In some instances Hitler did truly believe that certain Slavs were indeed what he claimed them to be. In one instance he stated “The idea that Bulgarians are Slavs is nonsense, Bulgarians are Turkoman” and also “The Croats are certainly more Germanic than Slav”. His regard to these peoples as racially pure, did not shake him from the position that their cultures had been tainted and they had become barbaric and atavistic hill folk who clutched onto their archaic customs and traditions…

The Byzantine Empire also known as the Eastern Roman Empire was an extension of the Roman Empire, predominantly in the East. The Byzantine Empire was originally founded as Byzantium with its capital being Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. The most common language spoken in Byzantine at the time was Greek. Justinian I was born in Illyria at Tauresium, and was the nephew of Justin I, the current emperor, before Justinian took over. He was the son of a Slavic peasant, and…

A group of people that inhabited much of Great Britain regions of what is now France, Belgium and the Netherlands, the Anglo-Saxons were a group of people from Germanic tribes that took control from the 5th century to about the 8th century. Their culture survives in many regions today and they are associated with the re-establishment of Christianity in Europe. Emerging from medieval Europe during the end of roman rule, the massive migration of the Celts, Picts, and Scots from the North allow…

discovered this fact they took their chance to pounce and so swept through and reconquered territory from the Romans. Rome was sacked twice in the space of three decades the final one leading to the virtual destruction of the West Empire by Odacer a Germanic King. In 475 A.D the Western Empire was completely reconquered by barbarian tribes. St. Jerome describes the devastation of the empire c. 406 A.D, “Nations innumerable and most savage have invaded all Gaul. The Whole region between the Alps…

according to St. Thomas, the lowliest virtue. The German scene, moreover, was in this respect no better than the Italian. What really gave this truly pious monk a jolt was the revival of Antiquity—financed, abetted, and fostered by the Papacy. Of paganism Luther had until his dying days a real profound horror. After three days of hotly debating with Martin Luther in Marburg the nature of the Eucharist, Huldreich Zwingli, the Swiss Reformer, gripped Luther's hands and said: "Here we're fighting.…

The wide spread of practicing the worship of spiritual beings helped expose early societies to communicate in other forms of expression besides language and writing. Art, storytelling, production of precious metals such as silver and gold, starting being highly sought after and thus helping the progression of trade between civilizations from different areas around the known world. Another trend in earlier civilizations was creating monuments and temples in honoring their Gods. Wonders of…

The life of cosmopolitan women in late-antiquity has remained something of an enigma to scholars. Perceptions of general decadence and moral impoverishment date back to the early research of historians like Edward Gibbon, who argued that a loss of virtue-ethics plagued the secular government. Authors of the 5th and 6th centuries, like Procopius and St. Augustine, offer little to undermine that notion. One would be quick to assume that the general decline in quality of life in the late…

Governmental Cycles in the Roman Empire Rome was the one of the most influential empires in history. Present-day countries, such as the United States, look up to Rome for its remarkable accomplishments: its invention of civil law, representative practices. However, with the impressive resume it has, Rome still fell in 476 C.E. The reason for Rome’s decline is still debated by scholars today. Some believe it was the rise of Christianity that hurt Rome while others state the weakening of the…

more unlike in nature” (Sturluson, 31). He then continued to write about their appearance saying the Light-Elves are “fairer to look upon than the sun” while the Dark-Elves are “blacker than pitch” (Sturluson, 31). This was thought to be of full Germanic background but it actually contained pieces of Christian beliefs. Sturluson was most likely to spertate the elves, since before his work they were of dual nature. The idea was seen through the use of a story. The story is about Gangleri who asks…

Why You Think The Way You Do by Glenn S. Sunshine describes worldviews beginning with Rome and ending with our worldview today. He goes through and talks about each worldview and what shaped it and also how it leads to the next worldview during European history. He talks about the major viewpoints during European history. He begins with the worldview of ancient Rome then to Christianity followed by Medieval, which years later led to the Enlightenment and Renaissance worldview and then eventually…