The Noblewomen Of Western Europe And Transmission Of Christianity In The Early Middle Ages

With the invasion of the Germans, the Roman Empire fell apart, and regional distributions of the Christianity reformed greatly. In the original territory of the Roman Empire, Barbarians kingdoms fragmented, and sectarian disputed fiercely. In order to fight against the pagan and Arianism Christianity in absolute position, the Catholic church tried to expand the way which spread Christianity, established and developed the organization of the church. As a kind of special crowd among ruling class in European countries of early Middle Ages, the noblewomen were target which western church actively strived for, and a power of spreading gospel which can't be ignored .At first, from the social background of the noblewomen living starting in early Medieval European countries, with a view to four aspects including society, politics, economic and marriage, and inspect the position which the noblewomen took up at that time. Then, based on the establishment of monastic communities, introduce the general situation which the noblewomen accepted Christianity and analyze their motivations. The focal point of this article is to sum up the way that the noblewomen spread Christianity through three sorts of roles that the noblewomen played, including family role—wife and motherhood, class role—noblewomen, religious role—saint, and emphasize stress on expounding contributions which the noblewomen made in the course of spreading Christianity from four aspects as follows, They are pioneers of spreading gospel in the pagan kingdoms, the sustainers of religious smriti in the family, the guardians in the monastic community, and ,to a certain extent, the bonds of cultural exchanges among areas.Based on the facts above, the noblewomen of the early Medieval Europe not only provide economical support and political shelter for the development of Christianity, but also construct a complicated relation net of spreading gospel with their family and female monasteries for major ballpark. Their activities not just urge Christianity to hand down in the family, also push forward the spread of gospel in region. Therefore, the noblewomen is a group that no one can afford to neglect , which prompt Christianity to extend in upper class.