Setting The Stage !
Middle Ages = Medieval Period
476 - 1453 AD
Medieval Europe is fragmented
(from the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks)
This is a new society has roots in:
Classical heritage of Rome
Beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church
Customs of various Germanic tribes
5th Century Germanic invaders
Overrun the western half of the Roman Empire
causing:
disruption of trade
downfall of cities
population shifts to rural areas
Effects of Invasion
Decline of learning
Tribes had oral tradition, songs, but couldn't read Greek or Latin
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