A historical overview of the relationship between church and state in Western Europe during the first millennium AD

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Abstract:The research discusses the relationship between the church and the state in Western Europe during the first millennium AD of its history, tracing the beginnings of that relationship and the stages that passed and the changes that occurred to it according to the circumstances that surrounded it during that time period, which ended at the end of the tenth century AD with the deterioration of that relationship and the loss of the churchWestern has a lot of influence and prestige .Keywords: the Catholic Church, the state, Western Europe, the first millennium AD, Emperor Constantine I, Pope Leo III, Charlemagne, Otto I.