i have this history essay that i need to do really well on to get into AP Euro history next year. so i'm going to post what i have so far here and any of you that have extra time could look over it and give me any improvements you have.

the topic: one event that happened in Europe's history that affected the rest of the middle ages

i chose: the founding of the Catholic church in Rome because it was able to spread throughout all of Europe where it became a great political force

this is what i got so far:

Quote:The founding of the Catholic Church in Rome had a great effect on the history of Europe that followed because it’s placement there allowed the Church to spread over all of Europe and have a great political influence on the monarchs and the princes. The Catholic Church was then able to give all of Europe something in common, their religion, just like how the Roman Empire united everyone in the fact that they were Romans. The Roman Empire was able to effectively unite all of Europe and more until it slowly began to decline in the 1st century AD and eventually fall. The Roman Empire fell because of several things; mainly among them were the stretching of the Roman borders so that they could not be defended, a decline in morals, and the upset caused by the arrival of Christianity. The Roman Empire officially ended in 476 AD when the Germanic general Odovacer sacked Rome and dethroned the last of the emperors, Agustulus Romulus. After that event the whole of the European unity was shattered as barbarians invaded the land, throwing the culture into a dark age, and it would have remained that way if it had not been for one thing: the Catholic Church.

St. Peter first came to Rome around 30-40 AD and he began to preach the Christian religion and he was met with much opposition and eventually martyred. The opposition to Christianity slowly died off and in 311 AD, Galerius, a Roman emperor, issued the Edict of Toleration which ended the persecution. From that point onward, Rome was the unofficial head of Christianity until Pope Leo I (was pope 440-461 AD), wrote the Petrine Doctrine and officially declared the bishop of Rome to be the undisputed leader of the Church. This position in the middle of the Mediterranean made the Church capable of becoming one of the greatest “empires.” The spread of the Catholic Church from Rome began with the Visigoths, Vandals, and Ostrogoths, which were barbaric tribes that were Arian Christians and converted to Catholicism as they invaded Rome and the surrounding area. This Romanization of the barbarians more than the Barbarization of the Romans helped to preserve civilization. The Catholic’s conversion of the barbarians eventually led to them having a significant amount of influence on the Franks, which allowed the papacy attack the Lombards with the help of the Franks and gain control of the Papal States. The Frankish debt to the Church increased even more when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as king of the Holy Roman Empire. This caused the future Frankish kings to give high government offices and vast estates to bishops in their lands, which even more greatly increased the political influence and power of the Church.

I just found out (from random browsing on the Sky TV Guide thingymabobby) that ITV2 are showing the very original Super Mario Brothers cartoons in the mornings!!!

Did ANYONE else apart from me watch them when they were on aaaages ago, i think they were made in the early 90's or something, very old cartoons, i thought i'd never see them again. *Sniff* Im so happy, im defo recording these!

They were based on the SNES Super Mario World games, so you'd see lots of familiar faces and items like the ? blocks and coins etc, the way they should be. Oh and everyone talked (With crappy voices!), even Yoshi!

Am i mad to want to watch them again? Someone tell me im not alone for crying out loud! :O :O :O

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