寺庙的发展史

  The middle ages were an era in the European history (mainly for Western Europe). It roughly went from demise of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD) until the Renaissance (1453 AD) that capitalism began to rise. The word "medieval" was put in use by the earliest humanist in the late 15th century. This period of Europe did not have a unified strong central regime, whereas the feudal system was playing a dominant role and Christian culture became the mainstream culture. Frequent wars were incurred by feudal separation that resulted in stagnation of science and technology and productivity development and that people were living in an agony of hopelessness. Therefore the middle ages were generally referred to as the "dark ages" in Europe and the United States. Traditionally, it was thought to be a period of slow development for the European civilization.
  Following Rome’s demise, learning had been in retreat in the late Roman Empire. Many scientific and literary works of the ancient world were either lost or destroyed. In order to save these important secular and Christian writings, these monks living in the monasteries played a significant role in copying Christina and pagan manuscripts, which was supported by such scholar Cassiodorus (c. 490-575).
  The monasteries were originally set up in the wild, where it was civilized so late with a low degree of civilization. The rise of the economic prosperity of the monasteries was necessarily conducive to the further spread of Christianity, accelerating rural Christianization process. In fact, the monasteries were the core strength to bring the Christian culture to the rural society. In the cultural field, the monasteries also had creative activities. In the field of art, the monks not only created magnificent and expensive covers for the manuscripts and decorated the inside pages with painting, but also produced utensils and other valuable things for worship.
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