history

emperor constantine

had a vision at the battle of milvian bridge and then lends favor to christianity in the edict of milan 313

arianism

belief that jesus is lesser than god because he is the sun

pelaginism

belief that original sin does not decide human nature and will chooses good or evil

donatists

believe that clergy members must be faultless in order for their prayers to be valid

adoptionists

believe that jesus was born a normal person and his righteousness made him holy

manicheanism

initial belief of saint augustine which describes a world of light and dark

council of nicea

held by emperor constantine in 325 and created the nicene creed which settled religious disagreements

saint ambrose

bishop who stood up to emperor theodosius after a massacre in 390

saint jerome

translated the bible into latin

king theodoric

barbarian king who allowed jewish religion in the variae/state papers and liked music

alypius

bishop who was present for augustines baptism

saint monica

the mother of saint augustine who helped him in his chrisitan journey

bishop faustus

manichean leader who first met with augustine in carthage

saint maurice

roman legion leader who converted his entire legion to christianity and then they were martyred

saint benedict

created many of the rules that monks follow

four types of monks

cenobites anchorites sarabaites gyrovagues

saint anthony

practiced asceticism alone in the desert and viewed everything through the lens of god and devil

saint gregory

wrote hagiographies for many famous saints

saint monegundis

woman whose two daughters died and then she became christian and performed healing miracles

saint bede

really liked roman stuff specifically peter and paul and brought culture from rome to england and wrote the ecclesiastical history

saint simeon

syrian ascetic who lived on a pillar for 37 years

pope gregory

was an effective administrator of the city in 496 after fall of roman empire

boethius

roman senator who wrote about philosophy and decided what the seven liberal arts were and was executed for treason

basilica of san vitale

building that holds mosaics of justinian and theodora

hagia sophia

important church constructed by justinian

odoacer

chieftan who kicked out the last west roman emperor augustus in 476

king clovis

king who reinforced christian beliefs by being publicly baptized in ~500

merovingians

salian frankish dynasty that ruled for nearly 300 years starting in fifth century

queen brunhilda

ruler who came into power by marrying king siegbert and was killed for being too ambitious

king dagobert

last king of the merovingian dynasty who held any power and was very religious and defended land against hordes

queen balthild

former slave who became a leader who gave large sums in order to appease religion and citizens

avars

nomadic tribe during the sixth century who was famous for mounted warfare