Whether or not Medieval Europe was essentially still more Pagan than Christian, it remains true that the church appropriated, codified and developed many features of Indo-European civilization; such as the ancient practice of monogamy, the worship of the Sky Father, the natural philosophy of Aristotle and traditional festivities such as yule. Even the cross symbol is Aryan.
We ought to remember the church as the institutional backbone of the West during the past thousand years -- not merely out of respect for our Christian ancestors who revered it and whose identity was closely tied to Christendom, but because it was indeed a great patron of family, community, virtue and science.
Baron Julius Evola argued that the medieval concept of "chivalry" stemmed from Europe's Pagan Traditions and it was a moral system in conflict with Christianity. He presents a great argument to back up his thesis:
"Within a nominally Christian world, chivalry upheld without any substantial alterations an Aryan ethics in the following things: (1) upholding the ideal of the hero rather than of the saint, and of the conqueror rather than of the martyr; (2) regarding faithfulness and honor, rather than caritas and humbleness, as the highest virtues; (3) regarding cowardice and dishonor; rather than sin, as the worst possible evil; (4) ignoring or hardly putting into practice the evangelical precepts of not opposing evil and not retaliating against offenses, but rather, methodically punishing unfairness and evil; (5) excluding from its ranks those who followed the Christian precept "Thou Shalt Not Kill" to the letter; and (6) refusing to love one's enemy and instead fighting him and being magnanimous only after defeating him."
-- Julius Evola "Revolt Against The Modern World
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