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Popes were the "ruler" or main government body of the Catholic church. Medieval politics revolved around the affairs of the monarchy and nobility and ties in with the practices of feudalism. Popes had more power in this time because they were seen as God messenger on the earth.

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The church became dominant in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The only religion recognized in Middle Ages Europe was Christianity and specifically Catholicism. Christianity in the middle ages dominated the lives of both peasants and the nobility. Religious institutions including the Church and the monasteries became wealthy and influential given the fact that the state allocated a significant budget for religious activities.

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This "Holy war " took 1.7 million lives and was fought in 1095 - 1291, Historians consider the sermon preached by Pope Urban II at clermont-Ferrand in november 1095 to have been the spark that fueled a wave of military campaigns to take back the holy land from muslim control. Absolution from sin and eternal glory were promised to the Crusaders, who also hoped to gain land and wealth in the East. Nobles and peasants responded in great number to the call and marched across Europe to Constantinople.

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The Role of the Church in the daily life of the people

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The Role of the Church in the daily life of the people

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The church played a major role in peoples life in the medieval time. All people whether they were a village peasant or a town's people. They would pay 10% of what they made in a year( this is called tithes). Everyone would pay this even the peasants that had very little. Many people to scared to not pay tithes. this is how the church became so wealthy.

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A Monastery is a building in Medieval Times that was built for people to live in and worship. The people who lived in the Monasteries are called monks. The monks in the monasteries were some of the only people in the Middle Ages who knew how to read and write. They provided education to the rest of the world. The monks also wrote books and recorded events. If it wasn't for these books, we would know very little about what happened during the Middle Ages.