Christianity spread a lot throughout Europe during this time, thanks in part to rulers like Charlemagne and Clovis who converted whole lands. ... The economic life for most Western Europeans was not much better than the religious and intellectual quality. ... However, in the eighth century Charlemagne succeeded in starting a small renaissance and uniting much of the Frankish territory. ... Even though the empire fell apart after the death of Charlemagne and Europe once again regressed to an unstable period, it had given a sense of unity to the people and had managed to spread Christianity a...

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Although a peasants life was not pleasant they did have many days to relax. ... The life of a Middle Ages peasant was not much worse than the life of a Renaissance peasant, which Manchester fails to mention. ... Charlemagne was a great influence in the church at the time. ... However, Manchester fails to mention this, all that is said about Charlemagne is that he was illiterate, like everyone else of the time. ...

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