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Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under the emperors Diocletian and Galerius
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Constantine won; converts to Christianity; Roman empire converts into Christianity
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attained consensus in the church through an assembly representing all Christendom and resulted in the first uniform Chritian doctrine called the Creed of Nicaea
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The sacking of 410 is seen as a major landmark in the fall of the Western Roman Empire. St. Jerome, living in Bethlehem at the time, wrote that "The City which had taken the whole world was itself taken."
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had been attacked by the Visigoths; was a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe existing from 962 to 1806
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leads the revolt Herulians, Rugians and Scirians soldiers
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served as an Eastern Orthodox Cathedral and seat of the Patriarchate of Constantinople
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Bede was moreover a skilled linguist and translator. His work with the Latin and Greek writings of the early Church Fathers contributed to English Chritianity, making the writings much more accessible.
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considered by most historians to be of macrohistorical importance, in that it halted the Islamic conquests, and preserved Christianity as the controlling faith in Europe
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prices and wages rose; farming land was given over to pasturing; peasants moved from the country to the town; responsible for the decline of the Feudal system; people became disillusioned with the church and its power and influence went into decline
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was a Frankish statesman and military leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death
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Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by the time of his death had become the dominant ruler in England
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Crowned emperor by the pope Helped to make Europe independent of Constantinople. He encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance. Charlemagne's empire encompassed much of Western Europe and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West.
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was a multi-ethnic and complex union of territories in Central Europe; ruled by an elected emperor --the "electors" were powerful princes
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main achievemnt is his rule of Saint Bendict; persuaded many religious communities founded throughout the middle ages to adopt i; rule also became one of the most influential religious rules in Western Christendom
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continued until the year 1066 when King Haraldr of Norway died trying to conquer England; some say that Christianity in Scandinavia is what brought the end of the Viking Age, though a harsher winter; emerging European superpowers and the age of defensive castles is what really finished it.
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was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of royal chieftains to rule by a single king and ensuring that the kingship was passed down to his heirs
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was a Viking leader and by reputation also a berserker. He was a son of the powerful Ragnar Lodbrok, and he ruled an area probably comprising parts of modern-day Denmark and Sweden
