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4. EAST-WEST DIVIDE: 395 A.D. Theodosius I
FALL OF THE
WESTERN ROMAN
EMPIRE
476 A.D. Germanic
invasions (Romulus).
Rome Constantinople
The Eastern Roman Empire
remained until 1453
5. The Eastern Roman Empire
becomes Byzantium
• Constatinople
is the capital
• This Empire
was richer
than the
Western
Roman
Empire
6. Emperor Justinian
• Tried to rebuild the Roman Empire: Justinian re-extended
the Empire's boundaries to southern Spain, the Italian
peninsula and North Africa
7. POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
BASILEUS
Governed the Church and the State
• Administrative system:
Civil servants (Organized
bureaucracy)
8. POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
• Themes (provinces)
• Roman Law
• Byzantine society:
1st level: aristocracy, High
Church.
2nd level: rest of the clergy,
civil servants, merchants,
free peasants.
3rd level: serfs and slaves.
10. The Church in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
11. The Church in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
12. The Church in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
13. The Church in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
14. The Church in Byzantine society
• Important because
• it crowned the Emperor
• rich and powerful landowner
• spiritual authority over the population
landowner, crowned, authority, society
15. Problems faced by the Church
• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a
separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
16. Problems faced by the Church
• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a
separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
17. Problems faced by the Church
• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a
separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
18. Problems faced by the Church
• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a
separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
19. Problems faced by the Church
• Iconoclastic conflict - In 8th C -Prohibited
worship of icons (holly images).
• East-West Schism -In 1054 there was a
separation between:
• Roman Caholic Church
• Byzantine Orthodox Church
Catholic, Orthodox, icons, Schism
20. Byzantine art
• Mosaics covering walls & ceilings
Architecture (Large domes)
Hagia Sophia
Built in Constatinople
Icons
22. Kingdomof the Franks
• Various Germanic
Kingdoms in the Old
Western Roman Empire
• Most flourishing Germanic
kingdom: Franks
• Period that started with
Charlemagne: Carolingian
Empire.
23. POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS
• Emperor: supreme power.
• Territories division:
Counties (count).
Marches, by the borders .
Militarised (marquess).