After nearly a thousand years of decline, Western Europe finally recover and create the golden age known as the European Renaissance. There were many causes to this, both proximate and long term. One long term cause of the collapse of the decline of the Christian Catholic Church. Another long term cause is the protection of trade routes by the Mongols. A proximate cause however is Byzantium near its collapse. One long term factor that was a major cause of the Renaissance was the decline of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church was quite a powerful structure early in the 11th century (much of Western Europe even used to be a non-secular territory). However, major misuse of the power of the Roman Catholic Church caused them to
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The Roman Empire fell in the late fifth century and was divided into two parts. One part was the Western “Holy Roman Empire”. This “empire” accomplished nearly nothing for almost a millennium. In fact, many said that the Holy Roman Empire was neither an empire nor Roman. The other half of the traditional Roman Empire (the Eastern portion) became Byzantium. In contrast to their Western neighbors, Byzantium managed to preserve many products, ideas, and texts from the traditional Roman Empire. They survived well but gradually had to give up more and more territory of theirs to the Islamic armies around them. By the early fifteenth century Byzantium was in a very weak and desperate situation. Many people decided to move to Western Europe before the Byzantine Empire collapsed in 1453. A great number of these new settlers in Western Europe were highly skilled craft workers. These workers were very essential because they were required in further developing various ideas and products during the Renaissance. The reason why Western Europe required these additional workers is because the Western European education system was extremely poor for while, which prevented many skilled workers from appearing. In conclusion, these workers were certainly essential in having the Renaissance
The Roman Empire fell in the late fifth century and was divided into two parts. One part was the Western “Holy Roman Empire”. This “empire” accomplished nearly nothing for almost a millennium. In fact, many said that the Holy Roman Empire was neither an empire nor Roman. The other half of the traditional Roman Empire (the Eastern portion) became Byzantium. In contrast to their Western neighbors, Byzantium managed to preserve many products, ideas, and texts from the traditional Roman Empire. They survived well but gradually had to give up more and more territory of theirs to the Islamic armies around them. By the early fifteenth century Byzantium was in a very weak and desperate situation. Many people decided to move to Western Europe before the Byzantine Empire collapsed in 1453. A great number of these new settlers in Western Europe were highly skilled craft workers. These workers were very essential because they were required in further developing various ideas and products during the Renaissance. The reason why Western Europe required these additional workers is because the Western European education system was extremely poor for while, which prevented many skilled workers from appearing. In conclusion, these workers were certainly essential in having the Renaissance