The Decline of Rome and Transformation into Medieval Europe: Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. The extinction of Paganism and the entrenchment of Christianity 3 - 4 3. The destruction of the Western Empire at the hands of the barbarians 5 - 6 4. Conclusion 7 5. Bibliography 8 Introduction The core character of Roman civilization is defined firstly in Empire, and secondly in the cultural pluralism which the greater part of the emperors of the Roman Ancient world patronized and tolerated. The core character of medieval civilization on the other hand lies in the shared Christian identity of its commu...

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... most saw it as a fall from an earlier state of grace. Historians today, however, recognize that changes were inevitable. The preachers" jeremiads, sermons full of gloom and threats of God's wrath, were not so much an accurate account of a deteriorating situation as ritualized reminders of the colonies" religious purpose(Patrick Allitt). Up to the point of departure from England to the American continent the soon to be named Puritans struggled ... successful in exiling many of the leaders of the Church of England to the European continent who did not want to return to Roman Catholic. Eliz...

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