As some of you may know, I've recently started a timeline which details the survival of the Gothic kingdom of Italy and its growth due to having a direct heir to Theodorik. Although its started out a bit slow (in my opinion) I eventually want to go indepth to look the society of the world that developes.
One of the reprecussions of a surviving Gothic kingdom seems to be that the Arian church survives longer than it did in OTL. The problem is, is that I'm a bit unsure of the structure of Arianism during this time. Did it have a parallel structure to the Orthodox Church, with an Arian bishop of, say, Ravenna and an orthodox one?
Also, assuming the continuation of an Arian church, how do you believe it would develope over the next century or two?
One of the reprecussions of a surviving Gothic kingdom seems to be that the Arian church survives longer than it did in OTL. The problem is, is that I'm a bit unsure of the structure of Arianism during this time. Did it have a parallel structure to the Orthodox Church, with an Arian bishop of, say, Ravenna and an orthodox one?
Also, assuming the continuation of an Arian church, how do you believe it would develope over the next century or two?