Wednesday's Blog

       The end of the Rome was a very long and horrible ending.  This was not the end for western civilization though.  The renewal of western civilization is called the Middle Ages.  This all happened because Rome eventually became to big for its time and everything slowly and painfully fell apart.  But Missionary - Monks brought Christianity and Roman traditions to people who weren't apart of the empire.

The Baptism of Clovis - An ivory plaque made about A.D. 900 depicts the founding event of the Kingdom of the Franks four centuries earlier.  The conquering chieftain Clovis is humbly naked and up to his waist in water.  The Roman aristocrat Remigius, bishop of Reims, touches Clovis's head as he speaks the words of baptism.  Clotilde, Clovis's already Christian queen, looks on; the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, brings holy oil in token of God's blessing upon the fusion of Frank, Roman, and Christian.

Chronology

Fifth Century - Angles and Saxons invade Britain

486 - Clovis leads Frankish confederacy against Romans and rival Germanic invaders in Gaul

527 - 565 - Reign of Emperor Justinian in the Eastern Empire

542 - Plague hits Egypt, then spreads throughout the Mediterranean area and much of western Europe

568 - Lombards conquer most of northern Italy

570 - 632 - Life of Muhammad

595 - Missionaries sent by the pope began to convert the pagans of England

711 - Muslim invasion of Spain

800 - Slavs occupy almost all of eastern Europe