1. Social Classes and the Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages however, the Church was a very authoritative section of the community. ... During the high Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church became organized into an elaborate hierarchy with the pope as the head in Western Europe. ... " ("Church and the Middle Ages"). The church during the Middle Ages held so much authority that they had an abundance of money as well as being able to have their own sets of rules for the Catholic followers to live by ("Church in the Middle Ages"). The Middle Ages was the period of time in history in which the church had the most...
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