Today in Western Civiliation Class we took notes on two different Power Points called Germanic kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne and The Crusades.

AD 476 – AD 1453

(from the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks)

medieval Europe is fragmented= medieval period

AD 476 – AD 1453

(from the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks)

medieval Europe is fragmented

This new society has roots in:

• classical heritage of Rome
• beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
• customs of various Germanic tribes

Germanic Invaders overrun the western half of the Roman Empire

causing:

• disruption of trade
• downfall of cities
• population shifts to rural areas

Church + Frankish rulers = rise in Christianity

In 520, Benedict writes rules for monks:

• vows of poverty (live simply in monasteries) 
• chastity (no marital relations)
• obedience (listen to church superiors)

His sister Scholastica writes similar rules for nuns

they operate schools, maintain libraries, copy books