Western Christendom
This was the project of the "scholastics" (or "schoolmen" - what we would call academics) of the Middle Ages. They explored and analyzed the doctrines of Christianity from a philosophical perspective, drawing not only on philosophical thinking from early church fathers (notably Augustine), but also and especially the thought of Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle. Thomas Aquinas was enormously influential in bringing an Aristotelian perspective to the theology of the Roman Catholic church.
The Mongols had conquered most of the East and were willing to grant Westerners access to China.
<span>According to Thomas Gage's spies, in which town had the minutemen been collecting a large amount of arms?</span>
