Ch+13+Cultural_Intellectual


 * An educational system was neccessary because of the large bureacracy that administered the empire.


 * Government machinery called for large numbers of literate and intelligent individuals.


 * Byzantine aristocrats often hired tutors to provide private education for their kids.


 * The bureacratic workforce emerged mostly from a state-organized school system that offered a primary education in reading, writing, and grammar, followed by studies of Greek literature, philosophy, and science.


 * Most peasants had no formal education, but basic literacy was widespread in the Byzantine empire.


 * Byzantine merchants, clergy, and military units usually had at least primary education.


 * Advanced instruction was given in law, medicine,and philosophy.


 * Byzantine ruler's dress and court etiquette drew attention to their lofty status.


 * Missionaries and diplomats from Byzantium introduced writing, Christianity, codified law, and sophisticated political organization into lands settled by Slavic peoples. Byzantine influence also spread to Russia tyhrough Prince Vladimir.


 * The church in Constantinople used Greek and listened to the caesaropapist emperors while the church in Rome used Latin and rejected imperial authority in ecclesiastical issues. These differences eventually led to the pope and the patriarch excommunicating each other in 1054.


 * The Hippodrome was a place of mass entertainment. The chariot races were the crowd favorite and even fueled the formation of two rival groups of fans- the Greens and Blues. Up until the 7th century their rivalry contributed to public disturbances.


 * Icons were popular among the laity and iconoclasm caused them to protest and revolt.

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 * Byz. monasticism grew as devout individuals tried to lead especially holy lives and also under St.Basil of Caesara.

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