The church domesticated medieval Europe by means of its system of confession and penance.[Die Kirche hat mit Hilfe ihrer Buß- und Beichtordnung das mittelalterliche Europa domestiziert.]

Source:General Economic History (1923)(The Free Press, ed. 1950), Part IV. The Origin of Modern Capitalism, Chapter XXX. The Evolution of the Capitalistic Spirit, General Economic History, Page 365
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