Today in West Civ class it was our last class. We went over our test and Mr.Schick gave us 3 extra points cause all our grades were terrible on the test so he felt bad for us. It was our last day with Mr.Schick and i had a fun year with him. I had him the whole year unlike others who did not. I really liked him and had a fun time with him. We had some good memories together like when he broke his speakers. That was a great time. I will miss him next year cause he was really fun and i hope i get a fun teacher next year and have a good year with him or her.

Today in west civ class we took the test. I thought i got a 30% on it. But, i actually got an 73 which was higher than our class average at 68%. I really should've taken it more seriously and studied harder. And we turned our textbooks in. I will do well on my final (i hope)

Today in west civ class Phil and Matt taught the class. They did a good job and i feel like i will pass because of them. Hopefully i do

Today in West Civ class we had a chill day. We finished our powerpoint. But we re went over it for Jazz and Phil. Also we found out our test is on Wednesday

Germanic kingdoms unite under Charlemagne
Middle ages= medieval period
476- 1453 AD
medieval europe is fragmented
this is a new society
this new society has roots in
- classic heritage of rome
- beliefs of the ORman Catholic Chruch
- customs of various Germanic tribes
5th century Germanic invaders
-overrun the western half of the roman empire
causing
- disruption of trade
- downfall of cities
- population shifts to rural areas
Germanic kingdoms emerge: AD 400-600
Germanic warriors' loyality is to the lord of the manor he provides them with food, weapons, treasure
results: no orderly governmant for large areas
-small communities rule
church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies
this is theocracy
Hammer defeats a muslim raiding party from spain at the Battle of Tours in 732

Notes

A european empire envolves 
1. Franks conrtol largest European kingdom 
a. the roman province formerly known as gaul 
b. ruled by clovis- the Merovingian dynasty 
2. major domo- mayor the palace- ruled the kingdom 
3. charles martel- charles the hammer 
a. extended the Franks' reign to the north, south, and east 
b. defeated a Muslim army from Spain at the Battle of Tours in 732- historic battle
4. Charles the hammer's son- 
a. possibly named for his unusual short haircut 
b. working for and with the Pope. Pepin fought the Lombards 
c. Pope Stephen II named Pepin "king by the grace of God"- beginning the Carolingian Dynasty 751-987 AD
d. Pepin the Short had two sons: Carolman and Charles 
e. Carolman died, leaving Charles power 
E. Charlemagne- aka Charles the Great 
-  six foot four 
- built the greatest empire since rome 
- fought the muslim in Spain 
- fought germanic tribes 
- spread christianity 
- reunited western europe 
- became the most powerful king in western europe 
- Prince Leo III crowned him emperor in 800 AD after he defended him from unruly Roman mob 
- this singnaled the joining of germanic power, the church, and ther heritage of the roman empire
2. Charlemagne takes center stage 
His government
- he limited the authority of the nobles 
- he regularly visted every part of his kingdom 
- kept close watch on his huge estates 
3. cultural revival 
- encouraged learning 
- ordered monasteries to open schools 
- opened a palace school 
4. but his heirs were weenies 
- his son - Louis the Pious was ineffective 
- Louis three sons- Lothair, charkes the bald, and louis the german- split up the kingdom at the treaty of verdun in 843 AD 

NOTES

Germanic kingdoma unite under charlemagne
Main Idea
- Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the roman empire were reunited under Char,emagne's empire
- Charlemagen spread christian civilization throughout northern Europe, which is where many of us came from
-Setting the stage
- Middle ages= medieval period
500-1500 AD
- Midieval Europe is fragmented
- Invasions trigger changes in Western Europe
- INvasions and constant warfare sparkk new trends
Disruption of trade
- europes cities are no longer enonomic centers
-MOney is scarce
Downfall in cities
- Cities are no longer centers of administration
population shifts
- nobles retreat to the rural areas
- Cities dont have strong leadership
2. Decline of learining
- Germanic invaders are illiterate, but they communicate through oral tradition
- ONly priests and chruch officals knew how to read
- KNowledge of Greek (and Literature, science, philosophy) is almost over
3. Loss of a common language
- Dialects develope in different regions
- By the 800's, French, Spain, and other Roman- based languages are evovling from Latin
Germain kingdoms emerge
- the concept of government changes
- roman society: loyality to public goverment
- Germanic Society: loyal to family
- Germanic chief led warriors
- During peace, he provided food, weapons treasure, and a place to live (lords hall)
- "The King? whos that? you want to collect taxes from me? who are you?"
- Franks live in the roman province of Gaul- their leader is Clovis
2. The franks under clovis
- Another battlefield conversion ( just like Constantine)
- Clovis and 3,000 if his warriors are baptized by the bishop
the church in rome approves of the "alliance"
-Clovis and the church begin to work together
A simple mathematical equation: Clovis military expertise+ The church's support and money
= A strategic alliance between two powerful forces!
Germainc people adopt Christianity
- Pope Gregory 1 epands papal power
- Papace= popes office
- Secular power= worldy power
- So.. under Gregory the Great
- The church can use church money to:
- Raise armies
- Repair rodes
Help the poor
- Gregory the Great began to act as a mayor of Riome and as head of an earthly kingdom (Christendom)
Germanic peoples adopt Christianity
1. 511 AD- Clovis unites Franks into one kingdom
2. 600 AD- Church+ frankish rulers convert many
3. Fear of muslims in southern europe spur money to become christians
4. Monasteries and covents
a. 520 AD- Benedict wrote the rules for monks and monasteries
- Povery, chasity, obedience, study
-His sister Scholastica did the same for nuns in covents
c. 731 AD- the venerable Bede wrote a killer history of England
d. Monks opened schools, maintained libraries, and copied books ( Bibles, Greek texts)