>>11272238Those thinkers were not generated because of Christianity, but in spite of Christianity. The hierarchical stratification of medieval Europe was not uniquely Christian or even uniquely European. Societies, Christian or Pagan, have traditionally been constructed in this fashion:
1. Sacerdocy (Clergy / Priests / Thinkers /Philosophers / Theologians / Wizards)
2. Regality (Nobility / Warrior Aristocracy / Kings / Princes / Knights)
3. Mercantility (Merchants / Artisans / Bourgeois / Burghers)
4. Vulgarity (Commoners / Laborers / Peasants / Foot soldiers)
Pic related. Even in far flung India (founded by Aryans), the same pattern of social stratification survives to this day (albeit heavily diluted by modernity).