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A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values Western Civilization

A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values : Western Civilization CHAPTER 4 Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedifi cabo Ecclesiam meam. Jesus Christ (Matt. 16:18–19) We are like dwarfs seated on the shoulders of giants; thus we see more things than the ancients. Bernard of Chartres (d. 1126), quoted by John of Salisbury as found in Henry Osborn Taylor (1914) The Medieval Mind , Vol. 2 (London, Macmillan), p. 159. BRIEF HISTORY No sooner was Christianity recognized as the state religion of the Roman Empire then the western half of the Roman Empire verged on collapse. In 410, Alaric, the leader of the Visigoths, plundered Rome. In 452, Attila the Hun pillaged northern Italy, but spared Rome when Pope Leo I the Great (r. 440–461) helped convince him to retreat. In 455, the Vandals sacked Rome. In 476, the last Roman emperor in the western part of the Roman Empire was removed and replaced fi rst by a German chieftain called Odoacer and then by a train of German kings who competed to fi ll the vacuum of power, but none of whom proved strong enough to re- establish imperial rule. As chaos engulfed the West, Western Civilization began its life. At the center of this new order http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Orthodox, Islamic, and Western Christian Political Values Western Civilization

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CHAPTER 4 Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedifi cabo Ecclesiam meam. Jesus Christ (Matt. 16:18–19) We are like dwarfs seated on the shoulders of giants; thus we see more things than the ancients. Bernard of Chartres (d. 1126), quoted by John of Salisbury as found in Henry Osborn Taylor (1914) The Medieval Mind , Vol. 2 (London, Macmillan), p. 159. BRIEF HISTORY No sooner was Christianity recognized as the state religion of the Roman Empire then the western half of the Roman Empire verged on collapse. In 410, Alaric, the leader of the Visigoths, plundered Rome. In 452, Attila the Hun pillaged northern Italy, but spared Rome when Pope Leo I the Great (r. 440–461) helped convince him to retreat. In 455, the Vandals sacked Rome. In 476, the last Roman emperor in the western part of the Roman Empire was removed and replaced fi rst by a German chieftain called Odoacer and then by a train of German kings who competed to fi ll the vacuum of power, but none of whom proved strong enough to re- establish imperial rule. As chaos engulfed the West, Western Civilization began its life. At the center of this new order

Published: Sep 14, 2016

Keywords: Academic Freedom; Thirteenth Century; Limited Government; Twelfth Century; Eleventh Century

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