The Medieval era was a complex period of history. The transition from a stabilized Roman Empire into a fragmented "Barbarian" Europe practically left the Classical civilization long forgotten. The new world emerging out of Rome's ashes often tried to be the Rome it replaced, but fell far short of it. The closest entity resembling the Roman Empire was, interestingly, the Catholic Church. The Church learned many administrative techniques from the Empire and employed them in …showed first 75 words of 1167 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1167 total…primarily distinguishes the Middle Ages from what came before them and what followed. With the onset of the Renaissance, the Medieval worldview began to fade away. The Middle Ages can safely said to be waning greatly during the early decades of the fifteenth century, when a modest European stability began to emerge and separate national identities could be seen in places like France and England. The dawning of the modern world was soon to approach.