control of waterways. He said that these waterways created trading hubs that dominated economic and political power in itself. He also contained that Islam did more to expand things than Charlemagne did. He is quoted as saying‚ "Without Islam‚ the Frankish Empire would have probably never existed‚ and Charlemagne‚ without Muhammad‚ would be inconceivable. " His theory at the time was highly controversial and was the cause of great ostracism for the rest of his life. Since his death though‚ his theory
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Review of the book political thought in medieval times- J.b Morrall. This review is based on the book ‘political thought in medieval times’ written by John.b.morrall. John Bowes Morrall (1873-1963) was a York author and historian he was also the mayor of York for a brief time and was a leading figure in establishing a university in York. In his last eight years he was lecturing on medieval history and particularly in development of medieval history in the university college Dublin. The author’s
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”(Einhard- The Life of Charlemagne). He began preaching with the philosophy of either converting pagans or non-believers. The Holy Roman Emperor began spreading his forces of conversion over Europe and soon Scandinavia became a part of the conversion process. “Christian clerics (the only literate group in the barbarian north) are enlisted as his civil servants at Aachen‚ where the emperor also establishes a programme of education and cultural revival.” (The Life of Charlemagne- A centre of Christian
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Unit II Studyguide World History 102 Byzantine‚ Islam‚ and Africa 1. What is the relationship of push-pull factors to causes of migration? They act as reasons for migration 2. What are examples of migration? The movement of Aksum south 3. What was the most likely cause of the beginnings of the Bantu migrations? The development of agriculture 4. What was the effect of the migration of the Bantu-speaking peoples? A diversity of cultures and a widespread family of languages
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The Song of Roland An epic poem estimated to have been written between 1130 and 1170‚ The Song of Roland relates the latter part of Charlemagne ’s conquest of Spain from a Christianized point of view reminicent of the Crusades. The author ’s (or copyist ’s‚ as some argue) name is given at the end of the epic as Turoldus‚ most likely a monk or member of the clergy‚ though no one knows for sure (Roland‚ pg 14). Translated by Glenn Burgess‚ this verion of the poem contains 298 stanzas. It gives
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Christopher Larson Final Reaction Paper: The Crescent and the Cross In this essay I will discuss the history of the Roman Catholic Church and its influence on Western Civilization. I will bring an understanding to the beginnings of the Church and bring us to modern day ideals. Along with the history of the Catholic Church‚ I will cover some significant events during the middle ages. To understand the beginnings of the Catholic Church‚ it is important to grasp concepts of the foundation of the
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decline and destruction? Manorial Systems Were the serfs treated badly and what freedoms did they have under the idea of Manorialism? The Church How were these monasteries helping the westerners? Charlemagne What did Charlemagnes rule bring to the community? Why was a unified government not able to happen? What might be one reason for a set unified culture to not happen? Economic and Urban Growth Could you say that agriculture and trade
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Civil and Common law countriesContents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc383004748 \h 4Historical development of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004749 \h 4The source of Civil law PAGEREF _Toc383004750 \h 5The historical development of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004751 \h 6The source of Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004752 \h 7The main differences between Civil law and Common law PAGEREF _Toc383004753 \h 7Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc383004754 \h 8Reference List PAGEREF _Toc383004755 \h 9 Discuss the
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"In 1330 only about 5% of the population could read or write." (Simkin 1). In the Dark Ages it was not very common for many of the poor people to be able to read or write. However‚ for the people who did go to school they would go to the elementary song-school‚ the monastic school and the grammar school. In some of the poorer countries today‚ some of the same circumstances apply. Monastic schools were a church school for boys. The most frequent topic was religion. Normally‚ the higher class boys
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continued the type of government his uncle started where he as the emperor oversees all social‚ political‚ economic‚ religious‚ and military. The Byzantines took this cue from their predecessor and continued it by having such great emperors such as Justinian (527-656 C.E.) or Constantine (306-337 C.E.) who oversaw the whole Byzantine Empire and made decisions that allowed the empire to prosper. Another political aspect the Romans’ started was the standard of law which was continued by the Byzantines
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