Religion Was More Powerful Than The Government In 1000-1500 AD/CE

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Religion was more powerful than the government in the time period 1000-1500 AD / CE because everything revolved around the church. From the people's income to the people who rule your country was based on if the church supports them. The political, economic, and religious aspects of the middle ages were mainly based on the church Religion was more powerful than the government in 1000-1500 AD / CE for a multitude of reasons but the political aspects are very interesting. The Catholic Church was the only church in Europe in the early middle ages. The Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church ever and has baptized over 1.3 billion people. The size, power, and wealth of The Church caused major corruption in the time period 1000-1500 AD / CE. The Catholic Church had its own laws and government-type system. Church leaders such as Bishops and Archbishops were on the king’s council and played very important leading roles in the government. If you wanted to get any position on the king's council you needed the churches to support or it would not have been possible. Church officials in addition to this kept records of everything. So they would keep an eye on monarchs to make sure they wouldn’t do anything messed up. The monarch was in addition to this required to communicate with and respect the Pope. Even with being the monarch it was no …show more content…

Trading ranged from salt to slaves. Long-distance trading on the Silk Roads was mainly done on camels, dromedaries, horses. There were tolls you would have to pay so you could continue on your path. Tithes were sometimes levied on tolls taken from ships and goods entering or leaving a port. They could be given as fiefs or transferred in perpetuity in such circumstances. A lot of the tolls are like the tolls we have when you are on the highway. Peasants who worked on the trade routes would very often be sent out by the church to convert people to their

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