/lit/ - Literature

>>18094710
>Imagine reading anything other than the Holy Bible or things that are about it
Today I have been reading about the societal conditions leading up to the Reformation. It is fascinating to attempt imagining living in such times, under wide regional essentially total Church rule dominating all aspects of daily life.

Ideally that would be truly great, assuming everyone was properly oriented and motivated, maximizing God's will and teachings in every possible way. In practice, everything humans do is deeply corrupted and the effects are magnified with ever greater concentrations of power and rule.

I have the Time/Life Great Ages of Man set and am presently referencing "The Reformation".