This paper examines the changing cultural, political, and religious thinking that occurred during these important historical time periods in 4 pages. Two sources are cited in the bibliography.
Name of Research Paper File: JL5_JLMedi.rtf
Unformatted Sample Text from the Research Paper:
Store Enterprises Inc By , January 2013 To Use This Report Correctly, Please
The medieval period in Europe was characterised by a number of elements concerned with
religion, changes in political balance, and in economics. For example, the Christianisation of Britain began, with the conversion of many Pagan Saxons by St Augustine. Britain had been to a
great extent Christian under Roman rule, but the later invasion of the Saxons had brought with it increased Paganism even though the ruling monarch was Christian.
Christianity continued to spread, although from the
Arab world there were encroachments of the Muslim empire, particularly into Spain, which would later lead to conflicts between the two groups particularly with regard to trading routes. In the
eighth century the failing Roman empire was reconstituted, and the emperor Charlemagne was a significant influence on the way in which the authority of the papacy was restored in Western
Europe. He directly linked the power of government to religious reform, and brought the clergy under the jurisdiction of the crown.
Pagans was forced to convert, and the emperor also introduced the tithe, a
tax of all income which was designed to support the state religion. However, although the Roman influence flourished during the major part of his reign, towards the end many of