east-west schism

Christianity has historically been a religion mostly associated with the cities, while folk customs having pagan origins persisted in the villages, and the word "paganus" for a pagan comes from the word "pagus" for a village. Only with the emergence of Lutheranism in the 16th century did the...

what if the schism was worse preventing crusades. Kilij arslan subdues the danishmends and launches an invasion of balkans with Tzachas bey's ships. This laying the ground work for his successors to evenutally dominate eastern europe and middle east. Later fighting the mongols

Obviously as the location of the city of Rome, empires claiming to be successors of the empire have tried to retake the city itself. The Byzantines were able to reclaim the peninsula temporarily but lost it to the Lombards and the Pope after separating the church ruled the city for centuries...

One of the things that intrigued me the most was that despite how weak the ERE had become and the efforts of the Palaeologos Dynasty,most attempts to heal the East-West Schism were futile.Is it possible that the East-West Schism could be healed and if so how could it be done?Assuming that the...