Charlemagne was way ahead of his time in many aspects. Though granting the church complete independence he watched over their actions like a vulture flying over fresh death . Promoting social stability and implementing hierarchical order in addition with being seen through spectacles of reverence‚ this was a huge advantage to himself using the church as a backbone to lay his own foundation. Charlemagne holds a unique position in the history of the Christian church. If he had not stood on his bloodthirsty
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Art Hist. Review Ancient Greek Art and Arch. (600 BCE-30 BCE) The Early Classical Period 480-450 BCE 5.23 KRITIOS BOY Acropolis‚ Athens 480 BCE -Marble -He is self confident and serious looking -He is a sculpture in the round -The artist is believed to be KRITIOS -The statue has an S-curve to him and is in the contrapposto pose‚ which is when artists use tension and relaxation around the central axis of the body to increase to muscular tension and enhance the musculature of a body. It is
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development of feudalism. But in the eighth century‚ one Germanic king managed to bring much of Europe under his control. That king was Charlemagne‚ or “Charles the Great‚” the first Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne was king of a German tribe known as the Franks Charlemagne ruled from 768 to 814. During his long reign‚ there was stability in western Europe. But when Charlemagne died‚ his grandsons were unable to keep his empire together. The result was a breakdown in central government again‚ although Charlemagne’s
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Different people and influences stabilized Europe in the Early Middle Ages. Charlemagne unified the empire and encouraged learning‚ feudalism helped to set up a structured society and broke down the roles of the people‚ and the church influenced daily life and used its power and authority to influence changes‚ such as attempting to stop war. The Early Middle Ages of Europe was able to sustain life do to these influences. Charlemagne‚ the grandson of Charles Martel‚ brought about changes that helped the
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ARTH 1001: Museum Formal Analysis Paper The Tiber Muse Winged Victory of the Nike of Samothrace Justinian and Attendants from San Vitale Adrienne Keiser TA- Anna‚ Tuesday Section April 23rd‚ 2013 The Tiber Muse‚ originally discovered in the vicinity of the Tiber River in Rome in 1885‚ is a product of the Graeco-Roman era and is dated around the 2nd-1st century BCE. This date and other formal qualities of the sculpture such as the pose‚ drapery and medium suggest that it was produced
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Development of the Medieval Church Christianity transformed from a persecuted‚ unorganized group of believers into a hierarchical‚ dominating Church over the course of seven centuries‚ developing alongside the changing political environment of post-Roman Europe. The development of the institution of the Catholic Church and the spread of Christ throughout Europe during these seven centuries directly impacted every aspect of late-antiquity and early-medieval life‚ especially politics and the relationship
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The Carolingians first came to prominence in the eighth century with Charles Martel becoming Mayor of the Palace (Maior Domo) under the Merovingian Kings. This dynasty would eventually create the Holy Roman Empire under Charles Martel’s grandson‚ Charlemagne. This title symbolises collaboration between the church and the state which ensured the Roman popes’ authority over the Western Church‚ and legitimised the Carolingians assumption of power over the Frankish Kingdom. The interdependency between church
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AP World History January 12th‚ 2011 Important Individuals in History Project: Empress Theodora (c. 500-548) Theodora of Byzatium‚ also known as Empress Theodora‚ was the empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Along with her husband; she is a saint in the Orthodox Church. Theodora was born into the lower class of Byzantine society in Constantinople around the year 500 CE to a bear keeper for the circus and an actress/dancer. Her father died when Theodora was a child;
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Carolingian Renaissance Reform of the Frankish Church under Carolingians -By 741‚ the Frankish Church had held no councils for a long time‚ Pope Zacharias said that ‘priests hardly know was priesthood is’ and Boniface said that Frankish clergy had a reputation for adultery -It needed reform and Carloman I recognized this‚ asking Boniface to convene a synod ‘to correct and amend ecclesiastical discipline’ -742/3 Concilium Germanicum‚ 744 council at Leptinnes both summoned by Carloman and one summoned
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Charles Martel‚ Pepin the Short‚ Charlemagne‚ Louis the Pious‚ Magyars‚ Vikings Clovis: a military leader‚ who became king of one of the Frankish tribes Merovingians: successors of Clovis‚ including Clovis himself Charles Martel: successor of Pepin as the mayor of the palace Pepin the Short: the son of Charles Martel‚ and the ‘king by the grace of God’ Charlemagne: the son of Pepin the Short‚ known as one of history’s outstanding rulers Louis the Pious: the son of Charlemagne who ruled after Charlemagne’s
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