The Integration of Value and Beliefs One of the most unifying influences throughout Europe was the driving force of Christianity. Although it wasn’t popular around the time of Jesus, it quickly gained recognition following Jesus’ death in approximately 30 AD, and created a common bond amongst everyone throughout Europe, even though it was still suppressed by Judaism and other establish religious practices. The influence of Christianity made large strides that began as early as 313 AD though, when the Emperor of Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which paved the way for Christianity by decreeing it as a major religion throughout the empire, and then later adopting Christianity himself. This was then followed by the geographical displacement
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At this time, Central Europe was populated by various tribes that includes the Visigoths, Ostrogoth’s, The Franks, the Lombard’s and the Vandals. Each group had their own cultures and beliefs, however, with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, influencing all of Central Europe to follow and begin to convert to Christianity. This was then proceeded in the year 496 when Clovis, the king of the Franks, was baptized with 3,000 of his loyal followers, which in turn took on an even greater significance as it continued to expand Christianity throughout the Frankish Kingdom into central and southern parts of France. Following Christianity helped enable Clovis to establish and create a common bond amongst all the German people, which helped to increase the Franks politico-military power. The Christianization of the Franks was then greatly accelerated by the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons from the British Isles who had previously adopted Christianity from the Romans in the fourth and fifth centuries. By 700 AD all of England and the Frankish Kingdom were officially Christian. The Franks then consolidated political and military strength to defeat the Moors in 732 at the Battle of Tours and Poitiers, containing the influence …show more content…
These events marketed the final stage in the reorganization of Western Christendom and completed the union between the Frankish monarchy and the Roman Church, establishing Christianity throughout all of Central Europe. In a call to liberate Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the reign of Islam and establish the Christian faith in the region, The Crusades were established. With there being seven total crusades, they were still deemed to be a failure, as they didn’t even reach the Holy Land, let alone, make a religious impact. However, what they did accomplish were economic and cultural outcomes, increasing trade with the East. By the time the end of the Crusades the Arab nations had become more developed and had spread amongst other nations surpassing the limits of scientific and philosophical knowledge in the West. From these crusades, rose a myth of one of the most powerful German emperors in the middle Ages, Fredrick Barbarossa who died during the third crusade. This myth would continuously come up throughout history with renewed political force during the time of Napoleon
At this time, Central Europe was populated by various tribes that includes the Visigoths, Ostrogoth’s, The Franks, the Lombard’s and the Vandals. Each group had their own cultures and beliefs, however, with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes converted to Christianity, influencing all of Central Europe to follow and begin to convert to Christianity. This was then proceeded in the year 496 when Clovis, the king of the Franks, was baptized with 3,000 of his loyal followers, which in turn took on an even greater significance as it continued to expand Christianity throughout the Frankish Kingdom into central and southern parts of France. Following Christianity helped enable Clovis to establish and create a common bond amongst all the German people, which helped to increase the Franks politico-military power. The Christianization of the Franks was then greatly accelerated by the Celts and the Anglo-Saxons from the British Isles who had previously adopted Christianity from the Romans in the fourth and fifth centuries. By 700 AD all of England and the Frankish Kingdom were officially Christian. The Franks then consolidated political and military strength to defeat the Moors in 732 at the Battle of Tours and Poitiers, containing the influence …show more content…
These events marketed the final stage in the reorganization of Western Christendom and completed the union between the Frankish monarchy and the Roman Church, establishing Christianity throughout all of Central Europe. In a call to liberate Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the reign of Islam and establish the Christian faith in the region, The Crusades were established. With there being seven total crusades, they were still deemed to be a failure, as they didn’t even reach the Holy Land, let alone, make a religious impact. However, what they did accomplish were economic and cultural outcomes, increasing trade with the East. By the time the end of the Crusades the Arab nations had become more developed and had spread amongst other nations surpassing the limits of scientific and philosophical knowledge in the West. From these crusades, rose a myth of one of the most powerful German emperors in the middle Ages, Fredrick Barbarossa who died during the third crusade. This myth would continuously come up throughout history with renewed political force during the time of Napoleon