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Originally Posted by Willravel
So you're saying they would kill the man who introduced the idea of sanitary medicine about 700 years early—the man who would likely save many lives—just because of "witchcraft"? The church had way bigger fish to fry with the fast expansion of Islam. Actually, I'd probably enjoy more success with the Muslims, considering they developed the scientific method.
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the church would very likely get rid of you... you'd be a heretic.
back then, cleanliness was not next to godliness. my understanding of the time is that it was believed that washing frequently was a bad thing, showed excessive pride or something, for soem reason was against god.
but more importantly, by 1000AD, the church had little to worry about with islam for another 400 or 500 years. they'd been stopped in western europe in the mid-700's by charles martel at tours/poiters. eastern europe was orthodox, so not the pope's concern, and muslim expansion there was still being halted by the romans (byzantines).
so they'd have plenty of time to burn your heretic butt.
