The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade by Susan Wise Bauer (Hardcover, 2010)

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But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries rulers had to find new justification for their power and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action. Right began to replace might as the engine of empire.Not just Christianity and Islam but also the religions of the Persians the Germans and the Mayas were pressed into the service of the state.