Things to Remember
The secretary or chief magistrate of a king.
What is a Chancellor?
This germanic tribe was located in Gaul.
Who were the Franks?
The last Roman Emperor in the West.
Who was Romulus Augustulus?
The name of the council where Arian clergy & rulers of the Visigoths formally became Catholic.
What was the 3rd Council of Toledo?
Troops stationed in a territory or at a base camp.
What is a Garrison?
This Germanic tribe was located in North Africa.
Who were the Vandals?
The ruling family of the Franks, the family of Clovis and his descendants.
Who were the Merovings?
This is the Germanic ideal view of courage.
What is Courage even when facing certain defeat?
A being who has more power than a human being, but has less power than a god.
What is a demigod?
This Germanic tribe was located in Italy.
Who were the Ostrogoths?
The Vandal king who conquered Roman North Africa & sacked Rome.
Who was Genseric?
This religion was followed by the Vandals, Visigoths, and Ostrogoths.
What was Arianism?
As a way of paying German tribes for their service as military allies against other German tribes, which government allowed them to settle within the boundaries of the empire?
This Germanic tribe was located in Hispania (Spanish/Iberian Peninsula).
Who were the Visigoths?
The king of Visigothic Spain who became Catholic & outlawed the Arian religion.
Who was Reccared?
This is the reason the chancellors, chief magistrates, and head ministers of the Frankish kings were so important to their kingdom.
What is they took on all tasks of the king?
These were the chief occupations of the ancient Germans.
What was hunting and warfare?
King of the Ostrogoths who conquered Italy and set up a kingdom there; a wise a just ruler for most of his reign.
Who was Theodoric?
These Germanic people were originally pagan, but eventually became Catholic.
Who were the Franks?
These are the three ways one could prove their innocence under Germanic law.
What are oath, ordeal, and combat?