Charlemagne or Charles the great, Carolingian monarch. He was a very strong element in unifying Western Europe through the blessing of the church. Charlemagne Grandfather had partnership with the church during his period of time; he was the one who started the process to bring Western Europe together, in the belief that everyone should be Christian. Charlemagne father, Pepin the short contiutued this process thought the Western Europe and passed his beliefs on to Charlemagne. All three Carolingian monarchs wanted the church to reform, wanted to reorganize the church under the pope; all this would help raise their power as the Carolingian dynasty.
New ideas and beliefs spread through Europe and worldwide and marked a change from only having religious texts to also providing intellectual texts. John Locke, an English Enlightenment thinker, shared his views on society in his text Two Treatises on Government. He claimed that nobody should have more power than another and the people should live in state of equality (Doc 2). Up until this point, the church had all the authority but Locke provided insight that everyone should be equal. Baron de Montesquieu, a French Enlightenment thinker, said in his book The Spirit of Laws that he thought “there should sorts of power; the legislative; the executive… and the judicial” (Doc 3).
Constantine included Christianity along without alienating other religions. This wasn’t viewed as unusual; the Roman culture was typically accepting of other religions. It was the previous Emperor “Dioclestian” that instigated Christian persecution. In ancient Egypt “Akhenaten” was viewed as the persecutor of the Old Gods, first demoting them and finally eliminating them. When he and his co-ruler died, “Tutankamun” became Pharaoh and the priesthood resumed control of their temples.
Feudalism, or a class system that regulates relationships among classes of people, was furthered by the Church and helped mold daily life. Other reasons why the Middle Ages can be labeled as the Age of Faith include the various reform movements initiated and roles the pope played. The era between 500 and 1400 in Western Europe, or the Middle Ages, can be labeled the Age of Faith because of the Church’s influence in unification throughout Western Europe, daily life, and politics. Although the Church didn’t come into its full potential for power until about the eleventh century, the Catholic Church did have a lot of influence in uniting Western Europe. Right after the Roman Empire fell, many Germanic tribes went to war with each other and carved Western Europe into small kingdoms.
In 1520, the Pope excommunicated with Martin Luther. Luther responded by burning the papal decree in front of his students. In 1521, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V put Luther on trial, and was declared as an outlaw. Luther went into exile, living at Wartburg Castle, home to Prince Frederick the Wise, of Saxony. Martin Luther’s message held great appeal for various groups, even those of whom had less than spiritual
Constantine was not yet a baptized Christian when he settled matters of Christian dogma and the Arian Controversy at the First Nicene Council (First Council of Nicaea), which ended on August (or July) 25, 325. As a result of his initial decision against the Arians, Constantine exiled his friend Eusebius for holding an heretical position. Constantine later revised his opinion and recalled Eusebius. It was from 325 that Constantine enjoyed sole reign in the Roman empire, having defeated and executed his co-emperor Licinius, who had reneged on the Edict of Milan. Constantine died in 22 May, 337 at Nicomedia, shortly after his baptism by the Arian bishop, his friend Eusebius of
The law explains that parents have the power over their children and their sons children. However, their daughters children, will be in the power of her husbands father. Christianity effected Western Civilization very much. Constantine, who was the first Christian emperor created the Edict of Milan. This law was granting religious freedom to all.
Later on as the pax romana began to crumble the romans executed Christians for refusing to worship roman gods. They were crucified, burned, or killed by wild animals. Despite persecution Christianity became a powerful belief. By the third century a.d., there were millions of Christians in the Roman
Constantine legalized Christianity after he said he saw a cross before a battle. The legalization of Christianity allowed the Roman Empire to change from a polytheistic state to a monotheistic state. During the post classical period, Europe changed culturally. Because the Roman Empire was split into the west and the east, they were not culturally unified. The east side was able to read and write while the west was not able to.
Hammurbi ruled this time because God called him to create a code of laws for the people to follow. As for the Axial or Higher Religions the social structure in this society was highly stratified absolute monarchies and in between empires. Religion became something greater making society become more powerful. The different groups had a religion which affected their social structure; each having their own face of God. The Paleolithic Hunters and