I will argue that Judeo-Christian theocracy tempered even more egregious "rule by might and violence" that has always been a real factor
I will argue that Judeo-Christian theocracy tempered even more egregious "rule by might and violence" that has always been a real factor
I think the exploits of the Inquisitors across the millenia especially post-Cathars when torture and mass slaughter were recommended tools for religious indoctrination might be a bit a counter-factual to this (but religious history is not my most strongly studied area)