"Slavery ended in medieval Europe only because the church extended its sacraments to all slaves and then managed to impose a ban on the enslavement of Christians (and of Jews). Within the context of medieval Europe, that prohibition was effectively a rule of universal abolition. "— Rodney Stark
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I bet when he was a small boy his mother hardly heard the all-to-familiar, "I'm boooored..." out of him. A very vivid imigination.
I bet you're right!!
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