During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was "the most powerful institution to be found anywhere in Europe.... The Reformation was most prominent in England, Scotland, Scandinavia, and The German States, and these regions remain mostly Protestant today. ... (Duggan 2014) Another important source of the Church's income during the Middle Ages was taxes collected from rulers and peasants, the most common of which are annates. ... The Church was able to "control the taxation of church wealth and appointments to high positions in government.... However, with the rise of nation s...

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