nt times and modern times.РWars, invasions, destruction, confusion, hunger, disease. (the crusades, the Great Famine of 1315-1317, the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War )Рa conflict between France and England lasting 116 years, from 1337 to 1453РDuring the Medieval times there was no central government to keep the order. ?The anization that seemed to unite Europe was the Christian church.РChristianity took the lead in politics, law, art, and learning for hundreds of years. It shaped people‘s lives. That is why the Middle Ages is also called the “Age of Faith”. (信仰时代)РThis is a period in which classical, Hebrew and Gothic heritages merged. And it is this fusion and blending of different ideas and practices that paved the way for the development of what is the present-day European culture.