The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West
Chapter Outline
I. From Eastern Roman to Byzantine Empire
A. The Reign of Justinian (527-565)
1. The Codification of Roman Law
2. The Empress Theodora
3. The Emperor’s Building Program
B. A New Kind of Empire
1. Problems of the Seventh Century
2. The Byzantine Empire in the Eight Century
3. The Byzantine Emperor
4. Intellectual Life
5. Life in Constantinople: The Importance of Trade
II. The Zenith of Byzantine Civilization (750-1025)
A. The Beginning of Revival
B. The Macedonian Dynasty
1. Economic and Religious Policies
2. Political and Military Achievements
III. Decline and Fall of the Byzantine Empire (1025-1453)
A. New Challenges and New Responses
1. A Christian Schism
2. Islam and the Seljuk Turks
3. A New Dynasty
B. Impact of the Crusades
1. The Latin Empire of Constantinople
2. Revival of the Byzantine Empire
C. The Ottoman Turks and the Fall of Constantinople
IV. The Crises of the Fourteenth Century in the West
A. The Black Death: From Asia to Europe
1. Role of the Mongols
2. The Black Death in Europe
B. Economic Dislocation and Social Upheaval
C. Political Instability
1. The Hundred Years’ War
2. Political Disintegration
D. The Decline of the Church
1. The Great Schism and Cries for Reform
V. Recovery: The Renaissance
A. The Intellectual Renaissance
1. Was there a Renaissance for Women?
B. The Artistic Renaissance
C. The State in the Renaissance
1. The Italian States
2. Western Europe
3. Central and Eastern Europe
Study Help:
1. Greatest danger to the Byzantine Empire
2. Result of Photian schism
3. Basil II - fought?
4. Aftermath of the 4th Crusade
5. Trouble during the early 14th century
6. Why English had advantage at start of Hundred Year's War
7. Why French gained victory at the end
8. Catholic Church forced to do in early 14th century
9. Great Schism
10. What ended the Great Schism
11. Where Renaissance began
12. l'uomo universale
13. Renaissance woman that defended rights of women in education
14. who hunted down ancient manuscripts
15. ideal of early 15th century humanists
16. Focus of Renaissance artists
17. Merchant oligarchies
18. nickname for France's Louis XI
19. What the Holy Roman Empire was not
20. Political recovery of the 15th century in Europe