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The Feudal West The situation in the Western Europe started to Detroit gradually after the empires capital moved from Rome to Constantinople. West Europe was ravaged by war, drought, and disease. Even the elite were generally ignorant and illiterate in the social classes. The Church, left in Western Europe as the only foreign organization, tried to maintain order and culture. (Brennan, 2003) The Papacy gained immense power during the mediaeval period. In 590, Papa Gregory the Great (540-604) was elected bishop of Rome. Within the Western Church, a trend toward centralization was established. Papal authority was further amplified in 756 when the Frank king, Pepin, donated the lands of central Italy to the Pope. The popes were made formal spatial rulers by all these papal estates, which they followed to be until 1870. Charlemagne was crowned by Pope Leo III as emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800. (Brennan, 2003) The Papacy continued throughout the Middle Ages to have both good and...