This document provides an overview of the key people and developments in early Christianity and medieval Western civilization, including: - Jesus of Nazareth and the early beliefs about him, such as the virgin birth, miracles, crucifixion, and resurrection. - The spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and its adoption as the official religion under Constantine. - Important figures that helped spread Christianity during the Middle Ages, such as St. Benedict, St. Patrick, St. Augustine, and St. Thomas Aquinas. - The major developments in medieval art and architecture, including Romanesque and Gothic styles.

32. The Middle Ages Medieval Art (1308-11) The central panel of Duccio's Maestà altarpiece

33. The Middle Ages Medieval Art Mary Magdalen announcing the Resurrection to the Apostles, St Albans Psalter, English, 1120-1145.

34. The Middle Ages Medieval Art The oldest Byzantine icon of Mary, c. 600, encaustic, at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai retains much of Greek realist style.

35. The Middle Ages Medieval Art The Bamberg Apocalypse, from the Ottonian Reichenau School, achieves monumentality in a small scale. 1000-1020

36. The Middle Ages Medieval Art Byzantine Church Mosaics from the late 12th century.

46. The Middle Ages Late Medieval Architecture Gothic Architecture Skeletal Stone Structures The Piazza Duomo

49. Gothic Architecture Pointed Arches

51. The Middle Ages Late Medieval Architecture Gothic Architecture Clustered Columns