HIS 101 NVCC final essay

Byzantium Traditions from the Roman Empire

Byzantium continued roman traditions through its adoption of roman legal systems and administrative structures. They preserved the institutions and traditions of the roman empire while differing in their use of greek culture and language. While Rome began to worship multiple gods to the shift of catholicism, Byzantine began and remained to follow christianity as their religion.

Head of catholic church, who is the pope?

The authority of the pope was originally in the secular world. The pope of rome had both secular and political power! This marked the beginning of popes having more power over things than just religion. As an example, Charlemagne invaded the northern italian kingdoms only because pope Leo iii asked him to.

Golden age of islam and muslim scholars

Muslim scholars started by translating the works of classical learning from greek philosophers and preserving them. The abbasid Caliphate also became the center of learning where the knowledge from ancient greece helped in their new contributions to math, philosophy, science, medicine, and astronomy.

Charlemagne question

Charlemagne's military triumphs and endeavors were used to force a bound together organization on his realm, and was great confirmation of his capacity. He was an emperor who created a new style of leadership and revived the Roman Empire again after its Dark Age. Charlemagne also expanded the reformation of the church, including its power structure, which led to the advancement of the skills and morals of the clergy!

Black death

The plague or the black death pandemic wiped out about one third to half of the European population, and left European society scared, confused, and in shambles. Economically, Europe saw a steep decline as they had to isolate themselves from trades and many workers were either dying or just simply not showing up. Since most people were sick and dying, the low and working class of Europe thrived! They not only got paid more since no one else was there to do their job, they also saw a positive impact in their food rations and way of living! (yay them!) Christian's took it upon themselves to pray to God for forgiveness and mercy as they saw the plague as punishment. Europeans also turned their culture into something dark and pessimistic, or as i like to say, Europeans turned emo from all the death and sickness around them.

Italian renaissance classism

During the Italian Renaissance, scholars embraced classism by studying and imitating the works of classical Greco-Roman writers, artists, and philosophers. They wanted to revive the culture, values, traditions, and overall aesthetics of the classical world. Italian Renaissance masters showed their inspiration from classism in their work! The use of antiquity and ideas from classical greece and rome was seen mostly in their art, literature, and architecture.

voyages of discovery

The main reason Europeans voyaged was because their trade to Asia for spices and other items was cut off by the ottoman empire. They wanted to expand their trade and find new sources of wealth or resources. Another goal of theirs was to find God, gold, and glory! They had economic reasons for traveling and it seemed to work out for them as they were positively impacted by new land, crops, and other findings! Christopher Columbus was a great example of this as he voyaged to what he thought was asia in attempts to find new trade routes. The indigenous people who populated the land before the europeans came over were negatively impacted by disease and the cruel, greedy actions of the Europeans.

Lutheranism

Lutheranism believed salvation came through the demonstration of faith and not works. They saw the church was in no need of a pope as people should have a direct and personal connection to God. They believed people should be able to read and interpret the bible in their own way and not have to pay to see relics too! The pope was living like a king since it was obvious he pocketed the donations given to help the church. He used the money for his own personal gain.