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Jacqueline Lippman, Nitai Patel, Jordan St. Rose
Chapter 9--- Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200
Block 7
1Q: How did the decline of the Byzantine Empire correlate with the growth in the power and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe?
A: The decline of the Byzantine Empire correlated with the growth and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire lost the grandeur, pomp, military might, and legal supremacy of the imperial office while the growth of the Holy Roman Empire entailed a society fueled by struggles such as between popes and kings eventually leading to a powerful military society as can be seen in the successes of the Crusades. Initially, the Byzantine Empire inherited the wealth from the early Roman Empire but even this did not prevent them from going through the demographic crisis of “the plague of Justinian.” As a result, cities decline in population and wealth, barter replaced many transactions, and urban elite class shrank. Economically, the Byzantine Emperors continued the inclination to set prices, organized grain shipments to the capital, and monopolized trade in luxury goods like Tyrian purple cloth. However, this government intervention slowed technological development and economic innovation. The monopolized products were not developed and enhanced technologically and many Byzantine cities suffered from the intense focus on Constantinople. For example, Byzantine farmers used slow ox carts and light scratch plows. The decline of the Byzantine Empire, however, did not come to a halt because, ironically, the inheritance of the Wealth of the early Roman Empire shielded many people from what was happening before their eyes. The wealthy overshadowed Constantinople with extravagant buildings while the dark, dirty places were given to the poor. And because of this unrecognizable slow deterioration of the Byzantine Empire, it slowly declined into a militarily inferior society that lost its prosperity, cultural
Chapter 9--- Christian Societies Emerge in Europe, 600-1200
Block 7
1Q: How did the decline of the Byzantine Empire correlate with the growth in the power and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire in Western Europe?
A: The decline of the Byzantine Empire correlated with the growth and prestige of the Holy Roman Empire as the Byzantine Empire lost the grandeur, pomp, military might, and legal supremacy of the imperial office while the growth of the Holy Roman Empire entailed a society fueled by struggles such as between popes and kings eventually leading to a powerful military society as can be seen in the successes of the Crusades. Initially, the Byzantine Empire inherited the wealth from the early Roman Empire but even this did not prevent them from going through the demographic crisis of “the plague of Justinian.” As a result, cities decline in population and wealth, barter replaced many transactions, and urban elite class shrank. Economically, the Byzantine Emperors continued the inclination to set prices, organized grain shipments to the capital, and monopolized trade in luxury goods like Tyrian purple cloth. However, this government intervention slowed technological development and economic innovation. The monopolized products were not developed and enhanced technologically and many Byzantine cities suffered from the intense focus on Constantinople. For example, Byzantine farmers used slow ox carts and light scratch plows. The decline of the Byzantine Empire, however, did not come to a halt because, ironically, the inheritance of the Wealth of the early Roman Empire shielded many people from what was happening before their eyes. The wealthy overshadowed Constantinople with extravagant buildings while the dark, dirty places were given to the poor. And because of this unrecognizable slow deterioration of the Byzantine Empire, it slowly declined into a militarily inferior society that lost its prosperity, cultural