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How much of the land did the Church own during the middle ages?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
In some countries, the king technically owned the entire country, with the possible exception of lands owned by the Church. Lords, knights, and country gentlemen all held their lands either directly or indirectly from the king, in exchange for support and promises of loyalty.
In some other countries, the kings controlled nearly nothing, or their might not have been a king at all. King Childeric III of the Franks might have owned something, in terms of legalities, but he had no power at all and could not even decide his own fate. Venice, on the other hand, was founded as a republic, and never had a king.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 12y agoNone. The nobles and everyone in the social levels below them in the Feudal system only held land, they did not own it - it was the king and the Church who owned all the land.
In return for their land holdings, nobles owed military service to the king.
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoIt varied according to time and place. In some places and times, it owned very little. I have read that in England, at its height it owned about a third of all property.
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