you'll never see it written in any history book, but the clues are clear enough.

the fact is that the germans were met through much of europe, perhaps even in italy, as liberators, and not as barbarians - and that this repeated itself a thousand years later, when the vikings swooped down and burned the monasteries, who were exacting punitive taxes and enforcing brutal laws.

like i say: i'd make the point clearer.

but, it's not that bad.

and, i don't know what's next. 

i should listen to the incan episode, first.