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Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire. Part 2 (by Jackie and Hanna) A new culture The Emperor Justinian. A New Culture. They did not call them the Romans even though many were descended from a Roman family. Their language was Greek. They were Christians, but did not follow the Catholic faith of the Romans.

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Byzantine Empire

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  1. Byzantine Empire Part 2 (by Jackie and Hanna) A new culture The Emperor Justinian

  2. A New Culture • They did not call them the Romans even though many were descended from a Roman family. • Their language was Greek. • They were Christians, but did not follow the Catholic faith of the Romans.

  3. Women in the Byzantium Society • Some women in the Byzantine society protected their virtue by entering convents. • Women and girls were not allowed in the outside world.

  4. Women in the Byzantium Society 2 • Women could travel outside the place, but only with a servant with them. • Aristocratic women were usually very well educated, but were usually not allowed to study classical literature. • Anna Comnena, a daughter of Emperor Alecuis the first, was very well educated wrote a history of her father’s reign.

  5. The Emperor Justinian • Emperor Justinian became an emperor at age 44 • He spent a lot of time studying about music, architecture, and politics. • He wanted his people to be comfortable and successful.

  6. The Emperor Justinian 2 • He made changed in a lot of things to make the lives of his people to be better. • One of the reforms had to do with the rights of women.

  7. Byzantine law & Aristocratic Society • Byzantine emperors were responsible to establish righteousness. • Justinian Code: Collection of 10 books, which holds the establishments that was used from the time when Emperor Hadrian was in power.

  8. Byzantine law & Aristocratic Society 2 • Corpus juriscivilis,: “body of civil law”hadbasic outline of the Byzantine law. • Justinian’s code was rediscovered and was used as the main source of legal structures from Western Europe by the 1100s.

  9. Art and Architecture • In churches, cathedrals, and brutal chambers, there were a lot of mosaics. • The architects built churches by placing a round dome over a square foundation. • Byzantine architecture influence all over Europe and Asia. This is a mosaic shows Apollinaris, the patron saint of the church of San Apillinaire.

  10. Aristocratic Society • Law codes were applied to everyone but discrimination still existed then • “Nobility” were defined mainly by the political offices • Positions based on MERIT • your status can also be obtained by birth • Some people only marries people who has the same social status as them

  11. Bibliography • http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0144-new-culture.php • http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0145-emperor-justinian.php • http://www.doyletics.com/arj/gchp6x.jpg • http://images.google.co.kr/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mimenta.com/Images/Extra%2520Graphics/VA07/ByzantineArt03.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mimenta.com/VisualArts/Visual%2520Art08.html&usg=__B0LhVlNqIpWCmY8lumiSwbXbIrI=&h=351&w=500&sz=104&hl=ko&start=19&um=1&tbnid=qV22cvDTSOymEM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwomen%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bbyzantine%2Bsociety%26hl%3Dko%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26hs%3DN6k%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1%26newwindow%3D1 • http://www.lawbookexchange.com/images/43474.JPG • http://www.usu.edu/markdamen/1320Hist&Civ/slides/05space/justinian.jpg

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