Germanic Kings Beliefs Of Christians, The Romans, And The Greeks

1. Germanic Kings like those of the Franks and the Visigoths were enthusiastic Christians because they believed they could win any war as long as God was on their side. Theodoric was planning on fighting the king of the Thuringi, and knew that they would win if they could have God on their side. “Promising king Chlotar a part of the plunder if the gift of victory be conferred on them by God…” The only plan Theodoric had was to believe in God and hope that everything would go right.
(Gregory, Bishop of Tours)

2. Germanic Kings like those of the Franks and the Visigoths were reluctant Christians because they did not want to believe in Christianity unless it would benefit them. When Clovis, King of the Franks, realized his army was about to lose,
Germanic Kings like those of the Franks and the Visigoths were indifferent Christians Theodoric II did not seem to really care about much. Even though he was royalty he did not do things that normal royal people would do. “His banquets do not differ from those of a private gentleman. You never see the vulgarity of a vast mass of tarnished plate, heaped upon a groaning table by a puffing and perspiring slave.” Theodoric II did not differentiate himself from other people. He did not want to be seen as a greater power, he wanted to seem like a normal person.
(Portrait of a Visigothic
Christianity had an insubstantial impact upon daily life in the Post Roman World because it destroyed the original Roman culture. The religious beliefs of Romans turned from polytheistic to monotheistic. Tertullian believed that they should have defended Christian morals, “The art which destroys as much as it builds.” Christianity built a whole new religion while destroying a whole other religion. Christianity had an insubstantial impact because it destroyed the original religion.
(What has Jerusalem to do with Athens?)

6. Germanic peoples valued simplicity, and had a relaxed courtly culture. They simplified the culture and made it more relaxed by only looking at bigger problems; they did not pay attention to any of the smaller problems. They thought the small problems do not matter and that they should not pay attention to them. “Raising Ourself above small and comparatively insignificant matters.” They rose themselves above small problems, showing that the small problems are not worthy of being recognized.
(Corpus Juris Civilis: