The roman catholic church.
In the early 4th century.
Pax Romana, i'm probably wrong though.
The first religious group to become political activist (although not a political party as such) were the Calvinists in what later became the Dutch Republic., rising against their Catholic Spanish King and gaining independence after an eighty year-long war.
Western Europe became industrialized much earlier than Eastern Europe and the entire world, which is why Western Europe has the largest economy in the world.
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Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
Europe became a patchwork of little areas of mini-kingdoms.
Berlin.
Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
Western Europe had a much stronger economy. Eastern Europe fell into poverty and more Eastern European countries became police states.
During the Middle Ages is when religion had political power. During this time, it was undoubtedly the Catholic religion. It controlled life, set the rules for life, etc. During this time though, the religion became corrupt. People started making their own religion, protesting Catholicism. And thus, Protestantism was born. Major religions such as Anglican, Lutheran, and Calvinism came about.
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