A common myth about the middle ages was that the old greek/roman knowledges were shunned because they were pagan and whatnot, and that instead everything was replaced with christian dogma.
But in reality of course medieval Europe was a real romeaboo place and desperately tried to make greco-roman worldview compatible with their new christian faith.
How could we make this myth real? We'd need a church that is both stronger than otl in it's early phases, and hostile towards roman culture, so maybe if a mostly non-roman church (like arianism) became the biggest one instead of Catholicism/Chalcedonianism?
But in reality of course medieval Europe was a real romeaboo place and desperately tried to make greco-roman worldview compatible with their new christian faith.
How could we make this myth real? We'd need a church that is both stronger than otl in it's early phases, and hostile towards roman culture, so maybe if a mostly non-roman church (like arianism) became the biggest one instead of Catholicism/Chalcedonianism?