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How can you explain European Christianity with top down imposed rule if the Western Empire collapsed before the medieval ages? What is doing the imposing?
by yters 9y ago
How can you explain European Christianity with top down imposed rule if the Western Empire collapsed before the medieval ages? What is doing the imposing?
- dragonwriter 9y ago> How can you explain European Christianity with top down imposed rule if the Western Empire collapsed before the medieval ages? Much of it by Francia, whose first King converted to Christianity in 496, and which rapidly became the dominant power in Western Europe.
- masonic 9y agoMuch of it by Francia, whose first King converted to Christianity in 496 ... which is 20 years after the Western empire fell.
- icebraining 9y agoMany peoples converted to fall on the good graces of the eastern Roman empire and stop being trampled on so much. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization_of_Bulgaria