This. Your average knight was a grug-tier illiterate retard who just wanted to bash some heads in and have a great feast at the expense of their villeins. They would have been unable to imagine or comprehend change of that kind beyond the strictures of divine intervention, nor would they have cared. If there&rsquo;s any present-day analog to them from a psychological standpoint, it would be the Norf FC hooligan, only dumber due to their aforementioned illiteracy. <|endoftext|> Religion is conducive to cooperation and an overarching common goal. When you&rsquo;re a hunter gather grug troop, the familiarity alone can hold the tribe together, but when you&rsquo;re a nation, you need some overarching authority and belief. 