Week 1 & 2
These officials were the heads of Christian communities across the Roman Empire. After conversion, they became important leaders in Late Roman administrative bureaucracy.
Who are bishops?
This city was founded by the emperor Constantine 'the Great' in the early fourth century and would become the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantium.
What is Constantinople?
This woman was a circus performer as a child but became the wife of the Emperor Justinian I.
Who was Theodora?
This Romano-British former slave is credited w/ bringing Christianity to Ireland during the fifth century.
Who was St. Patrick?
This King of the Franks was a long-lived Carolingian ruler who became "Emperor of the Romans" in 800.
Who was Charlemagne?
This term describes a religion in which adherence is judge not by correct belief, but by one's participation in the proper ritual practices. It was a hallmark of Roman paganism.
What is orthopraxis?
This term was used by the Romans and the Greeks for peoples whom they saw as outside their cultures. It would come to have a pejorative connotation in today's usage.
What is Barbarian?
This branch of Islam argues that succession to Muhammad (Caliph), should pass through the bloodline of the prophet.
What is Shia' Islam?
This early Frankish ruler is credited w/ expanding the Frankish kingdom, converting to orthodox Christianity, and solidifying the Merovingian Dynasty. We learn about him through the writings of Gregory of Tours.
Who was Clovis I?
This office ran the Frankish kingdom(s) for the Merovingian kings. It was monopolized by the Carolingian family at the end of the seventh century.
What is the "Mayor of the Palace"?
This imperial decree by Constantine in 313 AD legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire.
What is the Edict of Milan (313 AD)
This Ostrogothic King of Italy created a sense of balance between the dominant Ostrogothic aristocracy and the native Romans on the Peninsula. He drew heavily on Roman imperial symbolism and administrative strategies, as is evident with the construction of his tomb.
Who was Theoderic Amal 'the Great'?
This Islamic Kingdom was built in Iberia following the defeat and collapse of the Visigothic Kingdom in 711. It would eventually grow into a thriving, multi-cultural society, and became a haven for the last Umayyads.
What is Al-Andalus?
This agreement in 843 saw the Carolingian Empire divided into three segments by the sons of Louis 'the Pious'.
--West Francia, East Francia, Lotharingia.
The Treaty of Verdun (843 AD)
This concept refers to the modern practice of using medieval imagery and references in popular culture.
What is medievalism.
This event in 410 AD sent shockwaves across the Roman world and spurred Augustine of Hippo to write The City of God.
What was the Sack of Rome?
This event in 532 AD saw an alliance between the Demes against Justinian and Theodora. The uprising failed, but it led to thousands of deaths in Constantinople and the end of the Demes.
What is the Nika Revolt (532 AD)
This pope sent missionaries to the pagan Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of eastern Britannia. He advocated for gradual conversion. His efforts come to us through letters preserved by the later writer, Venerable Bede.
Who was Pope Gregory 'the Great'?
This important bishopric offered Pippin III 'the Short' the legitimacy needed to depose the last Merovingian kings of Francia. It would go on to play an important role in European history.
What is the Papacy / Pope / Bishop of Rome?
This priest from Alexandria was condemned at the Council of Nicaea in 325 for his interpretation of Christology.
Who was Arius of Alexandria?
This book from the early fifth century details every administrative office and military unit in the Roman Empire.
Following the Islamic Civil War during the mid seventh century (the First Fitna), this dynasty came to dominate the Muslim world between 661 and 750. It did not seek to convert non-Arabs to Islam.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate?
This monastery in the Scotti kingdom of Dál Riata (today: western Scotland) was a source of Irish conversion missions to the Anglo-Saxons. Monks from this site eventually competed against missionaries from Rome.
What is the Monastery of Iona?
This two-pronged intellectual project was begun under Charlemagne. Its goal was to standardize morals and religious practice (correctio) and to recapture the glories of the Roman past (renovatio).
What is the Carolingian Renaissance?