Decline Of The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a period, more famous as “Dark Ages” due to the oppression and the corruption of the church, the Black Plague and the lack of progress in people’s life. The common event used to mark the beginning of the Middle Ages is the year the Western Roman Empire fell. One reason this year is not very accurate is that even though the western part fell, the eastern kept it up for another thousand years and its influence was still in power despite being weakened through the centuries. With the empire still remaining, from this point of view nothing has changed. However in the year 380 AD, Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire. This event more accurately marks the beginning of the Middle Ages because this religion