1. WHAT WERE THE GERMANIC MIGRATIONS?

The decline of the Roman Empire

• The Roman Empire had a big economic, social and military crisis since the third century • As a result, Germanic tribes from the north started to attack the Empire• In 395 the Emperor Theodosius divided the Empire in two parts to defend better the Roman territories:

• The Western Roman Empire (Spain, France, England, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia…)• The Eastern Roman Empire (Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, Palestina…)

Nevertheless, the Germanic attacks were bigger and the last emperor – Romulus Augustulus – was deposed in 476

The Western part of the Empire was divided in some kingdoms like the Frankish Kingdom, the Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Kingdom of the Visigoths.

Europe in 500 AD

During the sixth century the Germanic kingdoms, the Byzantine Empire and tribes fight to set their kingdoms.

By the time of the sixth century, Western Europe had a big crisis because the Germanic kingdoms didn’t have the organization of the Roman Empire

For that reason some Germanic Kingdoms assumed features from the Romans like the language, the law or the religion which was the Christianity.

Europe in 600 AD

What did Britain look like in the sixth century?

Tribes from the north of Germany and Danemark invaded the island and they fixed kingdoms in the Eastern part of Britain.They were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes.

In the Western part of England, in Wales, in Scotland and Ireland, the Celts remained.(The Celts had been living in the Islands before the Roman time).

It was the time of King Arthur

HOMEWORK: Write a composition about King Arthur (around 120 words) in your notebookSearch the information in internet and describe the legend and the reality of this king.At the end, write down the websites that you have searched to write the composition.

REVIEW

Who lived to the north of the Roman Empire?

Who did the Emperor Theodosious divide the Empire between?

GERMANIC TRIBES

Between his sons: Arcadius (Eastern Empire) and Honorius (Western Empire)

Where did the Franks live? Where did the Lombards live?

Where did the Saxons and the Angles live?

They lived in the current FRANCE They lived in parts of the current ITALY

They lived in the Eastern part of the current ENGLAND

Where did the Ostrogoths live?

They mainly lived in parts of the current ITALY before the lombards

What language did some Germanic kingdoms and tribes adopt?

What religion did some Germanic peoples adopt?

Which languages come from Latin nowadays?

LATIN

THE ROMANIC LANGUAGES

They became Christians