In many countries, The Church was exempt from taxes. Part of Henry VIII's break with the church came over church revenues.
The "common" people was everyone who wasn't clergy or noble and that was about 90% of the population.
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There were no dinosaurs in medieval times.
Medieval castles.
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The "common" people was everyone who wasn't clergy or noble and that was about 90% of the population.
The two parts were secular clergy, who lived like any of us, and interacted with people on a regular basis. And the Regular Clergy, who was made up of monks and nuns! === ===
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Usually there is a hierarchy within the clergy itself for governance. Ultimately, it is the people who support the denomination or sect that have the power. In medieval times in Europe, it was common for the King/Queen to have final authority over the clergy.
There were many people in a royal family in medieval times. These were the king, queen, prince, princess, queen mother, regent, clergy, nobility, and tradesmen and merchants.
In medieval times, clergy members would entertain themselves by reading, praying, singing, playing musical instruments, and engaging in academic pursuits such as writing and studying theology. They were also entertained by the performances of traveling minstrels or troubadours who would sing, dance, and tell stories. Additionally, clergy members would often participate in religious festivals and feasts that provided a sense of community and celebration.
The clergy could administer the sacraments, so everyone who hoped to gain salvation depended on clergy to help them.
There was only the Catholic church and they ruled the government and society.
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everyone got taxed except for the aristocracy (the nobility). The clergy sometimes could get out of having to pay taxes as well. The peasants had no way around it.
During the eighteenth century, the French people were split up into three groups; the clergy, noblemen, and peasents, but during the medieval times of France, there were two social groups of people, the smart and the dumb.
There were no dinosaurs in medieval times.