1. The Decline of the Catholic Church
During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church was "the most powerful institution to be found anywhere in Europe.... (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. ... Before the Protestant Reformation, the Church had an enormous voice in European politics. The Church was able to "control the taxation of church wealth and appointments to high positions in government.... The conflicts between the Church and monarchs grew and the Church was eventually stripped of ...
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