Oh absolutely. And as Umberto Eco's "Search for the Perfect Language" is one of my go-to books to get the mindset of wizardry down, I know that is a background influence on our conception of the West. But I tend to start with Neo-Platonists, Presocratics, and other philosophical systems searching for a Prime or Hidden Mover. Then spice it up with later material.
> I thought the Teutonic Knights were rampaging around Lithuania persecuting any pagans they could get their hands on quite a bit earlier than that? But I get the point - both Lithuania and Jonatela maintain pagan practices for far longer than their 'contempories' and have a pagan peasantry with a ruling class monotheist veneer.
The Teutonic Knights were active throughout the Baltic region, but the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was much more extensive than the current country borders.
> Mostly, I was just wondering if there were major cultural differences other than the religious makeup of Jonating society.
Well, medieval Russian history also has this huge Mongol thing which heavily defined its post-Kievan culture (which really was not that big of deal in Lithuanian culture).
Jeff
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