[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

in the early Middle Ages . . . it was common throughout Europe for same-sex marriage to be recognized.

Gay BS!! In Christian Europe it was a capital crime!

[muawiyah]

In 541 AD vast areas of Western Europe were NOT CHRISTIAN.

[muawiyah]

I think Russia wasn’t initially Christianized in 988AD, and that was just the big dogs. The definitive book on the Volga River Vikings suggests the old ways were still in place right up to the 1700s when it came to Thor worship.