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A History of World Societies

Ninth Edition

CHAPTER 8Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 200–850

Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s

John P. McKay ● Bennett D. Hill ● John Buckler

Patricia Buckley Ebrey ● Roger B. Beck

Clare Haru Crowston ● Merry E. Wiesner-HanksSlide2

I. The Byzantine EmpireSources of Byzantine Strength

1. Roman identity 2. Military threats 3. Fortifications of ConstantinopleSlide3
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I. The Byzantine EmpireThe Sassanid Empire and Conflicts with Byzantium

1. Prime location 2. Religious affiliation 3. Sassanid expansionismSlide6

I. The Byzantine EmpireThe Law Code of Justinian

1. Reformation of Roman law 2. Corpus juris civilis

Byzantine Intellectual Life 1. Literature 2. Mathematics and science 3. Medicine Slide7

I. The Byzantine EmpireLife in Constantinople

1. Markets 2. Aristocracy 3. Political instability

4. The Byzantine householdSlide8

II. The Growth of the Christian ChurchThe Evolution of Church Leadership and Orthodoxy

1. Dioceses 2. Nicene Creed 3. TheodosiusSlide9

II. The Growth of the Christian ChurchThe Western Church and the Eastern Church

1. The Petrine Doctrine 2. Successors of Peter 3. The patriarch

4. The Orthodox ChurchSlide10

II. The Growth of the Christian ChurchThe Iconoclastic Controversy

1. Icons 2. Iconoclasts 3. Political ramifications

Christian Monasticism 1. Eremitical life 2. Benedict of Nursia Slide11

III. Christian Ideas and PracticesChristian Beliefs and the Greco-Roman Tradition

1. Saint Jerome 2. Gender issuesSlide12
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III. Christian Ideas and PracticesSaint Augustine

1. The Confessions 2. The sacraments Slide14

III. Christian Ideas and PracticesMissionary Activity

1. Royal conversions 2. Saint Patrick 3. Cyril and MethodiusSlide15
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III. Christian Ideas and PracticesConversion and Assimilation

1. Pagan customs and practices 2. Penance 3. Veneration of saintsSlide17

IV. Migrating PeoplesSocial and Economic Structures

1. Barbarian society 2. Patriarchal structureSlide18
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IV. Migrating PeoplesChiefs, Warriors, and Laws

1. War bands 2. Barbarian law codesSlide20

IV. Migrating PeoplesMigrations and Political Change

1. Celts 2. Central Asian Huns 3. Odoacer

The Frankish Kingdom 1. Clovis 2. Carolingians 3. Charles Martel Slide21

IV. Migrating PeoplesCharlemagne

1. The new emperor 2. Expansionist policies 3. Carolingian Renaissance

4. Treaty of VerdunSlide22
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