Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 840 The reason for hiding

To be honest, although the overall environment in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance was barbaric and dark, purely from the Holy See, they would not easily judge someone as a heretic.

According to historical records, most of the witch trials in Europe were carried out by local people, and those who really mentioned the level of the Holy See were very small in proportion.

That's right, although from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance, there should even be a lot of degenerates in Europe. If there is a doomsday judgment, they will go directly to hell and live in the basement of the eighteenth floor of hell.But they don't play human barbecue very often.

To give the simplest example, when the British tried Joan of Arc, one of the most feared things was that Joan of Arc appealed to the Holy See.

Because according to tradition, once such a case related to the witch trial is raised to the Holy See, the Holy See will definitely choose to take over, and according to the usual jurisprudence, it is basically impossible for the Holy See to rule that Joan of Arc is a witch.

It's a pity that Joan of Arc has been farming for a living before, and although she left her hometown, she has been fighting on the battlefield, so she doesn't understand this knowledge, and unfortunately lost this opportunity.

From another point of view, although it was said that the preaching of the heliocentric theory was not very popular with the church in that era, not many people were executed because of it.

For example, another famous propagandist of the heliocentric theory at the same time was the well-known great scientist Galileo. In his writings, he called all supporters of the geocentric theory, including the Pope, as idiots, but he was only under house arrest.

Considering that this kind of life under house arrest not only enjoys the treatment of being a guest in the cardinal's house, but also can meet all kinds of guests who come here for fame, so it is far from being cruel.

Of course, this cannot ignore the fact that Galileo had a good personal relationship with the pope at the time, but the verdict can also prove that the heliocentric theory of that era was indeed taboo, but it was not heinous.

In fact, when Copernicus wrote "On the Movement of Celestial Spheres", few people paid attention to it at all, because it was too complicated for ordinary people to understand, and many astronomers only regarded this book as a part of the calculation of planetary catalogs. way.

Seventy years after its publication, "On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres" was reprimanded by Martin Luther, but it did not attract the attention of the Holy See. After all, compared to this book, Martin Luther himself deserves the attention of the Holy See.

Later, Bruno and Galileo publicly promoted the heliocentric theory, endangering the rule of the church, and the Holy See listed "On the Movement of Celestial Spheres" as a banned book in 1616 AD.

Of course, compared to Galileo's method of discussing the matter as it stands, at most engaging in personal attacks, Bruno's method of directly promoting non-Christian ideas is the most irritating to the Holy See.

In particular, he once publicly opposed the core teachings of Christianity such as the "transubscription theory", "the theory of the Virgin Mary's clean conception" and "the theory of God's creation" advocated by the scholastics.

He also claimed that religion has fooled people's thinking, hindered the development of science and philosophy, and kept mankind in darkness, which is equivalent to digging the roots of the Holy See, so it was not tolerated by the Holy See.

Of course, from today's point of view, this practice of the Holy See is obviously barbaric and dark, but judging from the overall situation at that time, the Holy See's choice to execute him was also in line with the law of the year.

Today, the ruins that Liang En and the others discovered once belonged to the church led by Bruno, and even the most important core site of the other party in northern Italy.

It's just that after Bruno was arrested in Venice, some people in the organization managed to contact the other party and obtained an order to disband the organization and disperse and hide.

Considering the cruelty of the Inquisition, no one can guarantee that Bruno will not reveal the secrets of the organization under the cruel torture, so this order is very thorough.

For example, this cave was completely filled, and even precious sculptures were smashed and thrown into the pit to confuse possible enemies. That's why Liang En saw such precious sculptures in the pit.

"I really didn't expect someone to master cuneiform writing in that era." Looking at the last record left by cuneiform writing in the corner.Liang En sighed softly.

Although the overall direction of this situation did not exceed his expectations, it still broke through his previous imagination in some details.

Among them, nothing beyond his expectations is the knowledge that these researchers have mastered. For those researchers of occultism, mastering some knowledge that others cannot master can be regarded as a basic quality.

For example, you can't expect a group of illiterate and semi-literate people to be able to engage in occult research. At most, they can become users of occult science, such as dancing masters or something.

But what he didn't expect was that someone had mastered cuneiform in that era. You must know that the recognized cuneiform was deciphered by a British military officer in 1857.

But it’s also reasonable to think about it the other way around. After all, compared with other dead scripts, cuneiform is easier to decipher. Therefore, if someone has traveled to Central Asia and West Asia before, it is not impossible to decipher.

This is thanks to the Persian Empire. After all, the Persian Empire is a multi-ethnic empire, and the emperor of this country has adopted a relatively enlightened policy, so inscriptions writing the same thing in multiple languages ​​can be seen in many places.

Given the fact that Persian has survived to this day, it is plausible that someone would have deciphered the earliest cuneiform script and put it into practice by comparing those languages.

Considering that the earliest founder of this organization was a religious priest who once went to Jerusalem, it is very likely that these things were handed down from the first generation of founders.

"As far as I know, those senior priests have a lot of free time, so as long as they want to, they often have a lot of time to spend on various researches." Mary said after listening to Liang En's translation.

"So if someone really finds some information from the Middle East, then this person does have enough time and energy to complete the translation work as long as he is willing."

It seems that abandoning this place back then was a very bad recommendation for the members of the order, so some people wrote their nostalgia for the order in this way.

Of course, there is almost no risk in doing so, because no one could translate this kind of text at that time, and it can even be said that Europeans at that time were not aware of the existence of this kind of text.

That is to say, even if these words are placed in front of them, these people will probably regard these words as an ordinary decorative pattern.

In fact, the members of those cults thought so too. For example, these words were drawn around the pattern on the wall. If you don't understand the words, you will really think that it is just a pattern.

"Have you photographed all of this?" Liang En said to Mary who was holding the camera behind him, pointing to the words that had just been cleaned up. "Be sure to take pictures of these words clearly."

"Don't worry, I took very clear pictures." Mary said, holding up the camera and waving at the same time to signal Liang En and Joan to adjust the light. "This time the video will be more artistic than all the previous ones."

(End of this chapter)