New Germanic Kingdoms

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They set up news states

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Germanic Kings

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They ruled the western roman empire by 500

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Germanic Kings

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From Italy; preserved Roman tradition of government

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Ostrogoths

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Established his rule over Italy; kept the entire structure of imperial Roman government

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Ostrogothic King Theodoric

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Roman population of Italy lived under

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Roman law administered by Roman officials

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They were governed by their own customs and officials

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Ostrogoths

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From Spain; continued to maintain much of Roman structure of government

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Visigoths

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were allowed to maintain Roman institutions

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Visigoths and Ostrogoths

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over sometime they began to fuse together

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Visigoths and native peoples

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Where Roman influence was weaker

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Britain

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settled in Britain after Romans gave it up

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Angles and Saxons, Germanic tribes from Denmark, northern Germany

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Angles and Saxons, Germanic tribes from Denmark, and northern Germany carved out small kingdoms

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Kent in SE England was one of them

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one of the most prominent German states

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Frankish Kingdom

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Frankish Kingdom was the work of

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Clovis

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Clovis was a member of the — dynasty

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Merovingian

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dynasty who became Catholic Christian in 500

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Merovingian

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Sect of Christianity; believed Jesus was truly human, thus not God

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Arian

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RCC regarded Arians as

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heretics

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people who believed in teaching different from other church doctrines

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heretics

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He got support from the RCC after being converted

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Clovis

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Frankish Kingdom in 510

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Pyrenees in the west to German lands in the east (France to western Germany)

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After Clovis’ death his sons divided the Frankish Kingdom called

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the Frankish custom

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Frankish Kingdom divided into 3 major areas

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Neustria, Austrasia, & the former kingdom of Burgundy

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How many sons did Clovis have?

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2

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crucial social bond with Germanic families is

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family; extended family

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The were the dominant gender & made important decisions

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Males

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Obeyed her father until married then falls under legal domination of her husband

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Women

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Had life expectancies for 30-40 years & 15% during childbearing

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Women

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life consisted of: domestic labor, proving for the household, caring for children and assisting for housechores

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women

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germanic laws for crime were

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personal; can lead to blood feuds

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an alternative system used for personal crimes; paid by a wrongdoer to the family of the victim

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Wergeld

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literally means “man money”; value of a person in monetary terms depending on social status

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wergeld

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idea based on divine intervention; if you are good, nothing bad will happen to you

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The ordeal

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When did the Germanic tribes move in to the Roman Empire

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Third century C.E.