How did the christian church save Western civilization from the Barbarian invaders after the fall of Rome?

Question

Middle ages

Answer 1

They hid it all away, that's why we had the dark ages

Answer 2

There is no definitive answer but you can look first at continuity at religion in general. monotheism had continuity but Christianity did not. Meaning Egypt was the first to have monotheism or one god and Christianity has one god however what is continues is monotheism and not a specific religion. The christian church during the middle ages was transforming building new churches Romanesque and Gothic the Byzantine empire was transferring language over from Latin to Greek. All of these things are continues so did the christian church save Western Civ after the fall of Rome maybe the Normans got back on track revitalizing trade and economy building churches in roman style bringing back coins and a cash economy this is what saved western civ out of the dark ages and into the light.

Answer 3

As far as I know, after the fall of the Western Empire, barbarians invaded the area.
Knowledge was then considered not important by the invaders, that were interested in power. Kings, nobles and knights were illiterates.

That's why it was called the Dark Ages

The Christian monks kept the knowledge in the monasteries and copied the ancient texts, the source of knowledge at the time, storing it until the Renaissance

Answer 4

Bishops became local leaders, often leading and organizing local resistance. The missionary work among the Arian and Pagan tribes slowly turned them Christian, which led to powerful warlords being Catholic and having Catholic leanings. This change led to the foundation of new monasteries and more missionary work, thereby functioning in a self perpetuating cycle.

The monastaries collected, and copied Greco-Roman texts, and even recorded many things from their own times. This copying work is some of the only reasons we have Greco-Roman texts with us. The monastaries collected, preserved and duplicated them.

And yes, Roman ideals and practices were used to try and organize Barbarian law codes. The only problem was the Barbarian peoples had ancient law codes and traditions which were recorded in Roman-like style. The publication of these law codes helped organize governance in the west again. The early medieval period tried to be Roman, and many times kept looking east to Byzantium for inspiration.

Answer 5

Eh... In essence, that sounds maximum staggering, whether this is too simplified for my tastes. For one, while the Roman Empire fell in the west, the Byzantine Empire in the east replace into nonetheless incredible. this is the reason all the seven ecumenical councils of the Christian Church (purely before the Catholic/Orthodox schism of the eleventh century) have been held in jap cities. certainly, the Bishop of Rome (Pope) replace into seen as a determine of unity as quickly as the Roman Empire fell in the west between all the competing tribes. you are able to no longer relatively evaluate the bishops with kings because of the fact there have been nonetheless self sustaining kingdoms with *somewhat* monarchs.

Answer 6

They both protected and at the same time held it back. Also, bear in mind that it was the Catholic church that did that, not all of Christianity.

Yes, monks did copy the various works and kept them safe, but it was more than that. They kept the knowledge contained in them to themselves, that was not real Western culture.

Christianity is actually entwined with Western culture (until the last 75 years or so). The culture survived since Christianity carried it with it. The spread of Christianity, in many ways, spread the culture that it was born in.

Answer 7

Monks copied books from the ancient Greeks and Romans and kept learning alive.