In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined. (Leopold von Ranke)

In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.

Leopold von Ranke

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