See Learning History III.
In Europe, the Edwardian period was called the belle epoque." (p. 184)
In York Minster, the windows include the Five Sisters. (ibid.)
Christian and Laurinda hear Mass at the tierce hour, then, after, the Nunc Dimittis, wander around the Minster. (p. 185)
This alternative York has "...somehow Teutonic architecture." The George and Dragon public house is in a Tudor building and serves Continental beer. (p. 186)
In this emulated history, the conciliar movement succeeded. The Councils of Constance and Basel healed the Great Schism and made a reconciliation with the Hussites. (p. 187) In Poul Anderson's SFWA Bulletin article, he tells us that John K. Hord regarded the Council of Basel as the beginning of the breakdown of Western European civilization.
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Kaor, Paul!
As regards what was said about the Councils of Costance and Basel, I have to disagree with Anderson and Hord here. If the Conciliar movement had succeeded the papacy would in time had been reduced to a mere titular chairman, with no more authority than the Anglican archbishop of Canterbury. So it was right of Eugene IV to have resisted Conciliarism, if that was what it took to defend the authority of the Papacy.
Sean
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