JoshuaZ comments on Rationality quotes: October 2010 - LessWrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 21 October 2010 12:52:22AM 2 points [-]

Note that that continued until Christianity was still pretty popular. Thus, there were specific rules about the weregild for clergy members.

Comment author: taw 21 October 2010 12:59:31PM 1 point [-]

Impact of Christianity was very shallow at first, and limited to social elites. It took something like century or two for it to really replace previous norms.