Here is the order for the upcoming lecture on 8 November 2010.
United We Stand
Barbarians, Charlemagne & the Birth of Christendom
I. The New Constantines
A. Clovis
B. Conversion of Kings
C. Clovis as Constantine
II. Making Barbarian Christians
A. The Aristocracy
B. The Benefits of God
C. The Way of Adaptation
i. Private Penance
D. Militant Christianity
III. The Empire Strikes Back
A. The “Hammer” & The “Short”
B. Charlemagne
i. goals
ii. Coronation
IV. Christendom
A. City of God
B. Church & State
C. Carolingian Renewal
D. In the Wake of Greatness
V. The 1,2,3
1 Event
2 Names
Clotilde (A.D. 474-545): Frankish queen she was instrumental in Clovis becoming Christian
Charles “The Hammer” Martel (A.D. 690-741): Frankish warrior of the Carolingian line who stopped a Muslim incursion into his lands and earned him the nickname “The Hammer” as well as fame and prestige as a defender of Christianity
3 Terms
Holy Roman Emperor: The title which, in theory, made someone the heir of the ancient Roman emperors and the ruler of the Western Empire. In reality, Holy Roman Emperors only ruled portions of central Europe. German kings possessed the title from A.D. 962 until A.D. 1806 when Napoleon banished it.[1]
missi dominici: Latin for “envoys the the lord [ruler]” These teams (usually a clerical and civil adminstrator) were used by the Frankish kings (notably Charlemagne) to insure that the laws were being followed throughout the realm.
Pactus Legis Salicae or Salic Law: The first surviving version of the Lex Salica or Salic Law, the law of the Salic Franks. It combined customary law, Roman law and royal edicts, and it followed Christian ideals. Salic Law would influence French and European law for centuries. Most likely devised during the time of Clovis
Quotes:
“Charles, by the Will of God, Roman Emperor, Augustus…in the year of our consulship…”
~How Charlemagne signed many of his letters after his coronation A.D. 800
“If any one shall have killed a free Frank, or a barbarian living under the Salic law, and it have been proved on him, he shall be sentenced to 8000 denars.
But if he shall have thrown him into a well or into the water, or shall have covered him with branches or anything else, to conceal him, he shall be sentenced to 24000 denars, which make 600 shillings.”
~Excerpts from the Salic Law
“Thus while some outward rejoicings are preserved, they will be able more easily to share in inward rejoicings. It is doubtless impossible to cut out everything at once from their stubborn minds: just as the man who is attempting to climb to the highest place, rises by steps and degrees not by leaps.”
~Letter from Pope Gregory regarding adapting
for the benefit of missions (A.D. 601)
© James Robertson 2010
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