Medieval And Millennial - A Pilgrimage Of Meaning

Medieval to Millennial – A Pilgrimage of Meaning In the Medieval times, many Christians went on pilgrimages to venerate sacred objects or places. They traveled around Europe visiting churches and taking treasures with them to set at the sites they visited. During this time, there was an influential emperor who touch much of Europe with a renewing hand. Emperor Charlemagne built an empire embodied with the mission to unify the people, attempting to create one European religion and convert pagan tribes to Christianity. Europe needed a revival in his eyes and so he set out to promote education and literacy. Charlemagne’s empire created religious unity throughout Europe through architecture, music, and literature which brought meaning to his life; today people bring similar meaning to their lives thought the arts they encounter. On December 25th in the year 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne the emperor of the Franks, leading to his Carolingian empire influence and creating the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne’s motivation for his empire was â€Å"Renovatio Romani Imperii,† which translates into â€Å"Renewal of the Roman Empire.† This was a two-pronged approach through religion in both culture and intellect. In an increasingly pagan world, Charlemagne created meaning by saving Christianity through establishing unity of the church throughout Europe. It is thought that by his work renewing the faith, enough people came to know of it and the culture that it stood the test of time. If