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They were aware that the western part of the Roman Empire, however much it looked back to the past, was now something else. The creation of the concept of Christendom in the ninth century was the product of fundamental changes in western Europe in the eighth century, events that are clearly "medieval" in whatever sense may be given to that term. 43 They centered on the alliance between the papacy and the strongest of the barbarian successor states, the Frankish kingdom. 44 Through this marriage of convenience the papacy gained the protection of a fully orthodox ruler, while the Frankish monarchy acquired an eminence among the barbarian states that led to the creation of the medieval western empire-a renewal of empire, not just a continuation.
85 Modem liturgists have much lamented this shift, but it may well have been inevitable, given linguistic changes, the decay of ancient urban Christianity, and other factors. This important shift did not mean that liturgy could no longer function as a favored setting for the cultivation of mystical consciousness, as it had so often in the ancient church. It did mean, though, that it was likely to do so mostly for monks and clergy, and to a lesser extent than it had in previous ages. Societies survive through education, taken in the broad sense of how the 24 Early Medieval Mysticism cultural heritage is communicated to the next generation through specific social structures and experiences designed to modify and enhance the behavior of the young.
580), a prominent senator and official in Theodoric's kingdom. 92 About 535 he attempted to establish a Christian "university" in Rome dedicated to the study of scripture, but this failed in the confusion of the Ostrogothic war. Cassiodorus eventually retired to ancestral lands in Calabria, where he established a monastery at Vivarium that became the prototype for Western monastic education. Cassiodorus was not an original mind, but he recognized that what was needed in his time were means for passing on the necessary skills to understand and transmit the saving knowledge of the Bible and the Christian tradition.