Christianity in Europe

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  • Period: 70 to 70

    Rome became one of the chief centers of Christian development.

  • 313

    Sculpture of Constantine

  • Period: 313 to 313

    Emperor Constantine made Christianity legal.

  • Period: 337 to 337

    Constantine died, the Roman Empire was split in three parts among his sons. Constantine II took Spain, France and Britain, Constans I took Italy, North Africa and the Balkans, while Constantius III took the east.

  • Period: 380 to 380

    Theodosius Makes Christianity the Official Faith of the Roman Empire

  • Period: 386 to 386

    Augustine converts to Christianity.

  • Period: 391 to 391

    Emperor Theodosius I closes the pagan temples.

  • Period: 600 to 800

    the Christian church played a decisive role in constituting what became known as the respublica Christiana.

  • Period: 608 to 608

    The pantheon in Rome is converted into a Christian Church.

  • king of franks：charlemagne
    800

    king of franks：charlemagne

  • Period: 800 to 900

    Charlemagne succeeded in consolidating the diverse Western Europe into a centralized Christian empire with himself as head of the church.

  • Period: 862 to 862

    Attempts to unify

    Council of Sirakawan between the Armenian and Byzantine Orthodox Churches discuss Christological issues in an effort to reunify, although ultimately unsuccessful.
  • Period: 1100 to 1200

    The Second Crusade

    The Second Crusade was called in 1145AD by the Pope in response to the fall of Edessa in the Middle East to Muslim forces.
  • 1184

    picture of Richard I

  • Period: 1184 to 1184

    the Third Crusade took place. The Europeans failed to recapture Jerusalem, their primary goal. At last King Richard made peace with Saladin over Jerusalem.

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