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How did the role of the church develop and change during the early middle ages?
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∙ 11y ago
In the beginning of the Middle Ages the Catholic Church was seen as absolutely central to everything in existence. This was at odds with kings and rulers of the Middle Ages, and the kings and rulers appointing their own churchmen. This was the issue of investiture. Bishops were important statesmen; they had important roles beyond their religious responsibilities. They were involved in local economics, educating people and administering justice. Rulers, in order to maintain their power, wanted to be able to fill the roles with their own choices. The kings could literally make people loyal to them by this patronage whereby nobles and supporters sons were rewarded with religious offices. Pope Gregory VII opposed this, because to him the Pope was the absolute authority, closer to God than any secular monarch. It ended up with the greatest of all medieval monarchs - the Holy Roman Emperor
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe Church and the Papacy were central to the community in the early Middle Ages. The Church had a considerable amount of power and used this to guide people as well as influence society overall.
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∙ 14y agoSame as today, the head of the Catholic church.
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