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It is so fascinating how fascinated all these Germanic kingdoms in Western Europe were with emulating the Romans



Until Henry VIII's divorce of Catherine of Aragon, England had the same church as Rome.


Why? Rome was vastly richer and more powerful than they were, and the only model of success they ever knew.




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