Europe and the Modern Era
as a result of numerous factors coming together to form their social perspective. In the centuries before Constantine came to the throne in the Roman Empire, the realm was pagan and held pagan beliefs. Constantine elevated Christianity—or rather Roman Catholicism. When Rome fell, the monks and missionaries of the Roman Catholic faith provided some degree of stability and a cogent doctrine that had social implications as well as educational implications for the various tribes and peoples of Europe. Charlemagne unified the warring factions for a time and was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope in the year 800… Continue Reading...
