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Medieval Medicine Medieval civilisation * The Roman Empire had collapsed in the fifth century. The Empire had been under attack by a group called the "barbarians". * After the collapse of the Roman Empire, there wasn't a single government running, instead power lay in the hands of kings and chieftains who controlled the barbarian tribes. * Barbarians were warriors who loved fighting and warfare. * The new rulers did not look out for the health and welfare of the Romans like the Roman government had once done. Instead to them the job of a ruler was to fight! * When the barbarian tribes first arrived they were non-Christians, they worshipped their own gods. They soon converted to Christianity and the barbarians kings and chieftains relied upon the priests as they could read and write and were well educated. * This way the church stayed in power even when the rest of the Roman civilisation was falling apart! *...

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