A brief history of Christianity (part 2 of 4)
Based on Tom Holland’s book Dominion. This section covers c1000 to c1500, including the Latin Reformatio, and the crusades. In c1025 some clerics in Orleans claimed there was no such thing as the church and are the first to be executed as heretics. Up to this point priests, unlike monks, had never pledged themselves to … Continue reading A brief history of Christianity (part 2 of 4)