None, since the Roman Empire fell apart in about 400 AD and the Middle Ages started over 500 years later.
The Church faced numerous problems during the fall of the Roman Empire, which eventually led to the Western Church (now the Roman Catholic Church) and the Eastern Church (now the Greek Orthodox Church) to split and excommunicate the other.
During the Middle Ages, the Church became very influential with the royal and noble households and had practically untouchable political and economic power.
Christian Church
No. The increase in the power of the Church happened in the Roman Empire at a time when the economic and political power was mostly in the hands of the military. In the Middle Ages, the aristocracy gained military power, and the rise of the middle class only happened during the Middle Ages after that.
If you mean during the Middle Ages, the answer is definitely the Catholic Church. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Church filled in many of the missing roles in society: military, education etc. In fact, in many ways, even the kings were subject to the authority of the Church. Some European countries became Protestant at the end of the Middle Ages, but for roughly 1,000 years Catholicism pretty much ran the show in Europe.
There were a lot of Muslims in Spain during the Middle Ages, and in the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. There were a lot of Jews through many parts of Europe during much of the Middle Ages. In the start of the Middle Ages, there were still some pagans in the area that had been the Roman Empire, and pagans remained in northern and eastern Europe. There were other Christian groups. The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church were two that remain today. There were also other Churches, like the Celtic Church, and a variety of heretical organization, such as the Cathars, that were more ephemeral.
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It was very important. It ruled the world as the second incarnation of the Roman Empire.
The Catholic Church was founded before the Middle Ages began, and had become the official state religion of the Roman Empire during the 4th century, including about half the people of Europe. Christianity continued after the Roman Empire fell, and the various peoples of Europe were nearly all converted by the time the Middle Ages ended. During the Middle Ages, every village had a church. In fact the distinction between a hamlet and a village was that the village had a church, but the village did not.
Christian Church
No. The increase in the power of the Church happened in the Roman Empire at a time when the economic and political power was mostly in the hands of the military. In the Middle Ages, the aristocracy gained military power, and the rise of the middle class only happened during the Middle Ages after that.
The Roman catholic church during the middle ages in Europe can best be described as a church that was a stable influence. This was during a time where central governments were weaker.
If you mean during the Middle Ages, the answer is definitely the Catholic Church. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Church filled in many of the missing roles in society: military, education etc. In fact, in many ways, even the kings were subject to the authority of the Church. Some European countries became Protestant at the end of the Middle Ages, but for roughly 1,000 years Catholicism pretty much ran the show in Europe.
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There were a lot of Muslims in Spain during the Middle Ages, and in the Balkans during the late Middle Ages. There were a lot of Jews through many parts of Europe during much of the Middle Ages. In the start of the Middle Ages, there were still some pagans in the area that had been the Roman Empire, and pagans remained in northern and eastern Europe. There were other Christian groups. The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Church were two that remain today. There were also other Churches, like the Celtic Church, and a variety of heretical organization, such as the Cathars, that were more ephemeral.
The Ottoman Empire
During the Middle Ages art was mainly commissioned by The Church.
As Europe gradually emerged from the destruction of the Roman Empire, the church became one of the mainstays of civilization. During the pontificate of Gregory I the Great (590-604), the medieval papacy began to assert its authority. Gregory's achievement was to go beyond the claim of papal primacy in the church by beginning to establish the temporal power of the papacy.
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