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The close identification between the authority of Church and State – the most striking peculiarity of medieval Europe – gave its ruling elites a depth of social control unmatched in other parts of Eurasia.
John Darwin • After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000
He ranked truth above custom, and justice above the law.
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
The age of historical criticism had begun.
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges • The Ancient City: A Study of the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome (Illustrated)
New tyrannies as well as new liberties were encouraged by the New Learning;