The Early Middle Ages Objectives • Describe Western Europe after the collapse of the western Roman empire • Describe how Germanic tribes carved Europe
The Early Middle Ages The Frankish Kingdom The Germanic tribes that conquered parts of the Roman Empire included the Goths, Vandals, Saxons, and Franks
When the Roman Empire collapsed, Europe lost its center of power, and a new period called the Middle Ages began During the Middle Ages, Europe was divided
Title: The early Middle Ages / edited by Franca Ela Consolino and Judith Herrin Early Medieval Iconography of the Virgin Mary between East and West
Nearly all the manuscripts from the early Middle Ages were written in Latin Even after the fall of the Roman Empire, Latin remained the official written
State and society in the early Middles Ages: the middle Rhine valley, – /Matthew Innes p cm – (Cambridge studies in medieval life and
The Middle Ages is a period in European history from about the 400s to 1400 A D During these years, also known as the Medieval period, Europe
During that early post-Roman period (Early Middle Ages), life in Western Europe was difficult, often violent, and for almost everyone, set within a very
Europe after Rome: A New Cultural History 500-1000 By Julia M H Smith (Oxford: Oxford U P , 2005; pp 400 £33); The Early Middle Ages:
Importance of era? • Roman rule ? chaotic change (“Dark Ages”) • Massive social / political changes for Europe • The beginnings of modern