17.2: The Pope and the Barbarians
Occult Confessions
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A Wicker Man
Celtic monks were more learned than their peers on the continent. They may have practised human sacrifice using large wooden effigy, effigies, or wicker men. Reports of these sacrifices were made by greco roman commentators and may have amounted to nothing more than propaganda. King ethelbert of kent wrote to gregory to learn more about christianity. Likely inspired by his frankish and catholic wife bertha.
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