Post originally by Keith at 2005-02-21 18:39:50
Converted from Phorums BB System

The church is the answer in my mind. Much more during the medieval era than now the church was the glue of society. Hell it was society. And if you know anything about the church, it meddled in everything. I think the biggest difference between then and now would be the speed of communication.

Society may have been more isolated, but I would say the important areas were interconnected through the church and commerce. I mean there would have to be a level of connection for banks to function (which the Catholic church helped set up).

Oh and the Mongol empire/khanate/whatever had essentially the pony express.

So since CoS is based off of medieval Europe any of this can be used to explain it.