Zapad Evropy.Zapadnaia Evropa ot varvarstva k Reformatsii - Grebeniuk A.N.

Virgil called Hesperius the western provinces of the ancient Roman Empire, which because of the mismatch of vectors of civilizational development separated from the East and fell as a result of the social crisis and the invasion of "barbarians." From that moment it is customary to count down the era of the European Middle Ages. United by Catholic worldview kings and princes sought to recreate under the auspices of Rome a new empire, perceived state borders as a convention, be it Europe, Islamic
peace or Orthodox countries. The second paradigm after Alexander the Macedonian paradigm of the global community of peoples with the capital on the Tibra was not destined to be realized: the Europeans were unable to pass the period of national statehood, which was started by the Renaissance and Reformation. Sociocultural phenomena considered from this perspective allow us to take a fresh look at the past and future of world civilization.