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cultural values
Catholic Church
Catholic Church!
it got to powerful
crime
the Protestant Reformation
The power of the Catholic Church in Europe was weakened.
German
Feudalism caused people of western Europe to be largely restricted in terms of travel, and therefore the arts flourished in the cities churches and cathedrals.
Schism
Yes. As well as kings and nobles.
Only one, and it is the longest in Europe