What was the great schism?

The Greta Schism was a two part process. There was the East-West Schism in 1054 between the Western and Eastern church. As well as the Western Schism between 1378 and 1417 that occurred when there was a split in the Roman-Catholic church.

Martin's viewed the work of Laura Bates as something very hilarious since Bates have been getting slammed doors when she was teaching in the prison and Martin hasn't been in that situation yet. And Bates managed to teach the prisoners about Shakespeare and his works and how the prisoners would be able to relate to Shakespeare's works.