Kenneth’s Reviews > Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648 > Status Update

The more I read about the circumstances surrounding the Reformation and the immediate results the more I think about how similar our current circumstances are. The internet has made long distance communication possible on an unprecedented scale, AI is causing panic and spreading a general sense of unreality, the rural vs urban rivalry is quite literally The Same...

Jan Hus Mentioned!!!🎉🎉🎉

Shout out Erasmus for championing student led learning in 1511.

I love when fake sounding words turn out to be real. Heresiarch: the founder or leader of a heretical sect.

Every time I read some justification of slavery it's always some bullshit. "Well Noah had three sons & one of them was banished and that's where black people come from." 🤬

"The unfortunately named Suckbitches [...]"
WHAT are you talking about. That fucking rules.

"[...] everyone recognized the necessity but no one wanted to foot the bill." About CLEAN DRINKING WATER.... 😭

An interesting point about the weakness of hereditary dynasties- "The competitive instincts at the heart of dynasticism destroyed the possibilities for cooperation around an ideal."