Church and Monasteries in Barbarian Kingdom (Essay Sample)

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Role of the Church and Benedictine Monasticism in the social stabilization of the Barbarian Kingdoms
During the early middle ages in the European history, major socioeconomic and political changes occurred in the Western Europe leading to the collapse of the Roman Empire. Due to poor leadership and lack of leadership experience by the Roman leader, Emperor Romulus, the Roman Empire had negligible political, military and financial power to control over and protects its citizen. The empire had no capacity to enforce its rules either through the civil administration or the armed forces, and this made it easy for the Barbarians who by then had well organized military in place to take over the empire through the deposition of the emperor.
Upon the assumption of power, the leader of the Barbarians, Salian Clovis found it necessary to build a united kingdom that was socially stable and free of corruption and violence. In an attempt to achieve a peaceful and progressive Kingdom, the church and Monasteries ensured social stability through a number of interventions.
In Barabarian Kingdoms, the churches preached and instilled values such as morality, drug abuse and family values. According to Salian Clovis, the leader of the Barbarians, these three values had the power to bring unity and peace amongst his subjects. The King was so serious about his ambition of building a socially stable kingdom that he ensured the forceful conversion of his subjects to Roman Catholic (Fletcher, 1999). The Roma Catholics were mainly Christians who preached about the humility and better ways of resolving the societal problems without necessarily engaging in conflicts, and this led to reduced aggression amongst the society members. The Roma Catholics taught their followers on humility and forgiveness as a way of promoting understanding and peaceful coexistence.
Besides the church, the monasteries, particularly the Benedictine Monasticism also played a role in ensuring that the society was morally upright, and its members had a common goal of seeking the almighty God. In order to achieve their goal, the monks preached and observed the teachings on the obedience, individual stability and the conversation of life with God (Riché, 1978). These teachings urged the members to seek God’s favor and not to invest much of their energy in trying to fulfill their earthly needs at the expense of their spiritual well being. The teachings and the way of life of the monks shared the same goal with that of King Clovis, thus their work was appreciated and supported by the Kin...