- clovis rules ranks and partners up with catholic church
- 520 benedict writes rules for monks
- vows of poverty
- chastity
- obedience
- his sister scholastica writes similar rules for nuns
- they operate schools, maintain libraries, and copy books
- pope gregory 1 goes secular (worldly power)
- church revenues are used to help the poor, build roads, and raise armies
- this is a theocracy/christendom
- gregory's spiritual kingdom extends from Italy to england, spain to germany
- clovis rules the franks in gaul until his death in 511
- most of the rest of europe consists of smaller kingdoms ( 7 just in england)
- clovis' descendants include charles martel, known as charles the hammer
- hammer defeats a muslim raiding party from spain at Battle of tours in 732 ( if lost, muslim empire wouldve expanded)
- charles martel's son is pepin the short
- he works with the church and is named "king by the grace of God" by the Pope
- pepin the short dies in 768 leaving 2 sons
- son #1- carolman dies in 771
- son #2 is charles aka. charlemagne meaning charles the great
- charlemagne was 6 feeet 4 inches
Friday, May 18, 2018
powerpoint notes cont.
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