SSC
WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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the church usually had bishops and cardinals made into kings
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the church had control over most of Europe’s food supply
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the church had an army larger than any other feudal army
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the church taught that it had authority over every person
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bishops and abbots acted as advisors to kings and emperors. The pope claimed (and used) the power to ex-communicate secular rulers, and free their subjects from their oaths of obedience to him – powerful weapons in a deeply religious age.
Detailed explanation-2: -The church played a very important role in medieval society. Possessing religious and moral authority, she promoted the idea of the divine origin of royal power and encouraged people to be humble and submissive. Church parish was one of the most important forms of organization of social intercourse of people.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Church was the single most dominant institution in medieval life, its influence pervading almost every aspect of people’s lives.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Church gained economic and political power from owning land and from members of the Church serving in government positions. Europe? The Pope claimed Papal Supremacy, the authority or power of the Pope over all secular rulers (non religious rulers, including kings and emperors).