Jake's Flea Market

Europe was dominated by Christianity--- first Catholic, then the Protestant Reformation. Members of the clergy could come to wield extensive power and influence in their regions, beginning with the officiating at the rites of passage….

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 abandon your studies   boycott a future
a country with trails and lanes
roads through fields and forests
villages of the poor and their churches

and to the peasants and to the lords who’ll wait
for the pastor’s direction give   none give
no baptism   no wedding   no funeral   give
so much less