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The Christian Gospel is translated into Latin
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Decisive event in the decline of the Western Roman Empire.
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Confirmed the original Nicene Creed,and condemned the teachings of Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople, that led to his exile and separation with the Church of the East.
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Another decisive event in the Fall of Rome and held by some historians to mark the "end of the Roman Empire".
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The invading army reached the outskirts of Rome, which had been left totally undefended. In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire.
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Germanic tribes such as the franks dominate western europe,carvig the region into small kingdoms
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Constructed an abbey which helped convert the Picts to Christianity until it was destroyed and raided by the Vikings in 794.
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at the battle of tours christian armies stop the muslim adance in europe
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the european economy begins to recover.the growth of trade and towns are signs of this revival
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Would be a major force during the first two Crusades, and an antagonist to the Byzantine Empire over the next century
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william the conqueror completes the norman conquest of england
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christians launch the first crusade
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King John apporves the magna catra limiting royal power in england
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Interest in classical literature started during the Middle Ages, then during the later part of the Middle Ages, theologians, philosophers and writers were interested in Latin literature as well as the Latin translations of Greek literature. Studies of the classics remained primarily limited to this “class” (theologians, philosophers and writers) but that all changed fur the Renaissance.
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Would be a factor towards the splitting of his empire almost 30 years later.
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Wessex becomes the leading kingdom of England.
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Survived in Italy until the invasion of the Franks in 774 under Charlemagne.
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viking raiders plunge much of europe into disorder contributing to the emergennce
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charlemagne is crowned emperor by the pope and begings to unite much of western europe into christian emprime
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Cluny goes on to become the acknowledged leader of Western Monasticism. Cluniac Reforms initiated with the abbey's founding.
