The only surviving example of Arian art – St John baptizing Jesus in the Jordan river; Arian Baptistery. Built during the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Theodoric. [4533×3400]
The only surviving example of Arian art – St John baptizing Jesus in the Jordan river; Arian Baptistery. Built during the Ostrogothic Kingdom of Theodoric. [4533×3400]
Arianism was a branch of non-trinitarian christendom founded by Arius of Alexandria, that due to the peculiarities of who were the specific first missionaries that travelled to Germanic lands, became the main branch of christendom among the goths. Not much remained and those early gothic kingdoms were more occupied in maintaining the existing infrastructure as they couldn’t tax properly the population not much was left for other investments.
The Ostrogothic kingdom of Theodoric was different though, both Theodoric better integrated roman administration and Italy was also wealthier than other parts of Western Europe. Some palaces and arts were built, eventually a lot of it went into decay with time, by the time of Charlemagne the remainders of Theodoric’s Palace were transported to Aachen where to this day in the Palatine Chapel some remains (mainly columns) are present.
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Arianism was a branch of non-trinitarian christendom founded by Arius of Alexandria, that due to the peculiarities of who were the specific first missionaries that travelled to Germanic lands, became the main branch of christendom among the goths. Not much remained and those early gothic kingdoms were more occupied in maintaining the existing infrastructure as they couldn’t tax properly the population not much was left for other investments.
The Ostrogothic kingdom of Theodoric was different though, both Theodoric better integrated roman administration and Italy was also wealthier than other parts of Western Europe. Some palaces and arts were built, eventually a lot of it went into decay with time, by the time of Charlemagne the remainders of Theodoric’s Palace were transported to Aachen where to this day in the Palatine Chapel some remains (mainly columns) are present.