RLG203H5 Lecture Notes - Kensuke Sasaki, High Middle Ages, Opel Omega
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Lecture #3 illegal to be christian had no legal power: but it had considerable social and economic power had resources to o be able to care for their own state within a state. We don"t know what might have happened if this movement had no received political support two parallel worlds: 1. orthodox byzantine world - east, 2. What does this engagement tell us about the christian movement: discuss the leadership structure that emerged in the christian movement by the. Constantine"s motives remain an enigma we will never truly know dramatic shifts to make christianity legal and to support it. Migration of germanic groups into former roman territory begins in late 4th. West no single christian empire, east integrated into the empire. West the only way to connect with roman world was to connect with the church. Franks (one of the most important political unit in western europe: by 481 (long after constantine christianity well established in the.