In this chapter it talks of the different religious battles and conflicts. How Christianity was mostly refined to Europe in the early 1300's but then eventually stretched to England and to the west in Russia. Although within Europe there was a major division between Roman Catholicism and Christianity. This picture represented this idea strongly as it shows the hardships the churches faced. If you look to the right of the picture the smoke emerging from above the crowd symbolizes the way the churches began to crumble. The fight between religions and sanctions is shown as the two monistaries push away the two separate groups of people towards the left and the center of the picture. The people are obviously of two different groups if you look at their clothing and hair styles. The ones towards the center of the scene more then likely represent Catholic church as they resemble a monk type of man. The crusifiction of the lord is symbolic for the tragedy of the situation at hand. The lord also plays part the idea that is represented in the faces of all of the people in the room despite the different factions they are it, they all are clearly upset that the lord is being sacrificed. Which shows the irony in the picture and even the chapter in general, that these religions were all fighting against each other yet they stemmed from basically the exact same beliefs.
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