Introduction to an introduction to the Reformation. The Outdoorsman episode. Tools for historical analysis on the Reformation including Burke and Stirner. We review where we have gotten so far in English history and talk about historical what-ifs. Talk a little about the widespread understanding of corruption in the church. We discuss the P=NP hard problem of history, individual choices or broad social movements. How much freedom do singular persons like Henry V, Henry VIII and Napoleon have to make the choices that affect history? Harald presents the theory that Christianity has a built in advantage when it comes to dealing with the truth that successful institutions quickly begin to fail. Camie hints that we may have a lot of Shakespeare and Milton in our future.
This one is pretty abstract, about ideas, very little narrative history.