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The Romans did not unify Medieval or later (Renaissance or Early Modern) Western Europe, which was deeply divided and saw continuous wars between the various kingdoms. Through most Middle Ages there was little interest in the Romans in Western Europe because Christians Europeans looked down on them as pagans. One exception to this was Roman law. In 1070 a set of books was rediscovered in a library in Pisa. It was the Corpus Juris Civilis which later came to be dubbed Justinian code. This comprised a compendium and revision of Roman law and textbooks for law students. It was commissioned by the emperor Justinian I in the 6th century. The first university in Europe, Bologna University, in Italy, attracted law students from all over Europe because it had four professors who specialised in the study of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Roman law then became the basis for the training of the nascent profession of lawyers. around Europe.
Interest in the romans was revived to some extent in Late Medieval Italy by the Italian humanists. Their "father," Petrarch (1304-1374), advocated that the elites should study Latin literature and rhetoric to improve their sense of civic duty. Humanists travelled around the monasteries of Europe to find transcripts of Roman texts by monks which had been commissioned the Charlemagne some 400 centuries earlier. Studying the Romans became fashionable among the Italian elites.
The above mentioned led to the following historical period, the Renaissance. The term refers to the "rebirth" of interest in the classic (the Romans and Greeks). Architecture became based on that of the Romans and Greco-Roman mythological themes became a frequent motif of art. Through this the intesest Romans and the study of the Romans as part of the education of the elites spread throughout Europe.
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Did Napoleon Bonaparte unify Europe?
No, but that was his intent.
How did the medieval church unify Europe?
The Church was an organization that existed in practically all of medieval Europe. It had its own rules, which it could impose on the governments of countries, and though it did not do this often, it did have the effect of producing a certain level of uniformity in how kings and other leaders dealt with their people. The Church provided much of the education of the Middle Ages, and what it did not provide usually conformed to the Church's practices. In Western Europe, Latin was the language of this education, and so there was a single language nearly all well educated people used over Western Europe. In Eastern Europe, Greek was used, but the Eastern Churches tended to use the vernacular more. Pilgrimage and crusades sometimes threw people of different countries together.
What united people during the middle ages?
The Catholic Church, however, served as a strong unifying force among the states and people of Europe.
What event after 1789helped to unify the nation?
The event after 1789 that helped to unify the nation is The American Revolution.
Did Charlemagne order a code of all roman laws?
Charlemagne did not specifically order a comprehensive code of all Roman laws. However, he sought to reform and unify legal practices within his empire, which included the incorporation of Roman legal principles. He encouraged the compilation of local laws and customs, leading to the creation of various legal texts that reflected a blend of Roman and Germanic traditions. This effort laid the groundwork for the development of medieval legal systems in Europe.
