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…showed last 75 words of 1238 total…affect on the period. Not only did the church gain power over the government, and thus Christianity over the people, but Roman culture made for itself a new name within its medieval context. This conglomeration of tradition and assimilation was the major foundation for the middle ages and the cultures and peoples encompassed within. We can assess, from this information, that without these influences, the middle ages and its affects would have been much different.