The+Roman+Catholic+Church+During+the+Middle+Ages

The Roman Catholic Church touched almost every class of people during the middle ages. The richest people along with the lowest class of people were Catholic's, with the exception of a few Jews, during this time. Almost every medieval town had a church building in it somewhere. Every person lived by the church's laws and paid taxes to get into Heaven. Sometimes people would give land or crops to the church and this allowed the church to become very powerful. The church would then use its power to get the king to do what the church wanted him to do. The church gave Europeans hope during these bad times. The church would excommunicate people if they didn't follow the rules of the church.The organization of the church was hierarchial which was like feudalism. The pope was the leader of the church, the cardinal was next, then the arch bishops, then there were the bishops and the priest on the very bottom of the pyramid.

The Roman Catholic Church was the glue that kept feudalism together during the Middle Ages.



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