In many ways, it was similar to what we're experiencing now. One of the very important lessons I've learned from living for as long as I have is that every period of history is exciting, and that we are always in transition.

[ It's probably a vague answer and she knows it, but it's difficult to describe her experiences in the past effectively without painting in the wrong way. ]

If you're asking specifically about the Vigil, though, most things were much more difficult for Keepers of the past than they are now.