Western Civilization I
Outline #14
Professor Knight

The Western Kingdoms from 600-900

I.  The Common Dilemma:
	How to reconcile Germanic and Roman traditions
	Arian Christianity

II.  Southern Europe
	Ostrogoths (Control Italy)
		Theodoric (493-526)
		Lombards
		Pope Gregory the Great (590-604)
			Papacy becomes a secular power
	Visigoths (Control Southern France, Spain)
		Muslim conquest of Spain—711

III. England
	Angles, Saxons, Jutes—Germanic tribes takes control after Romans leave.
	Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Sussex, Essex, Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria
	The Legend of King Arthur
	Christianization of England
		Celtic Monastic Tradition
			St. Patrick (Christianizes Ireland)
			Columba founds monastery at Iona—565
		Orthodox Christianity
			Augustine send to England--596
			Canterbury
			Synod of Whitby—664
				Reconciles Orthodox and Celtic traditions
	Viking Invasions—late 8th and 9th centuries
	King Alfred the Great (r. 870-899)

IV.  Gaul (France)
	Franks (Germanic Tribe)
	Kingly Dynasties: Merovingians, Carolingians
	Assimilation of German Warriors and Roman Aristocracy
	Clovis—founder of Merovingian Dynasty (486-511)
	Division of Merovingian Territories
	Feudalism
	Charles Martel—founder of Carolingians (688-741)
		Defeats Moslem Armies—Battle of Tours
	Pippin becomes King of France—751
	Charlemange (Charles the Great) (768-814)