How did the church part of the feudal system in Europe?

Answer 1

The church was a very important part of the feudal system. It played an immense role in the lives of people and superseded governments. The Catholic Church was the only Christian religion in Europe and taught that man was born in sin and it was only through them that man could go to heaven. The Pope was the head of the church and was very rich and very powerful. He had authority over kings and queens in religious matters as well in government. There was no separation of church and state.

Answer 2

Religion provided a third hierarchy to balance those of the king-noble-retainer-peasant feudal arrangement and that of the civil/merchant class. Each of these allowed an individual to rise in society to some degree. There was always something of a cold war (sometimes heating up) among these three, with a Duke sometimes being more important that a Bishop and both more important that a Mayor. At other times, Popes outranked Kings and a Lord Mayor being the equal of an Archbishop.

Answer 3

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The Catholic Church itself became a feudal lord in the eighth century - and to some extent even earlier - and the popes expended much of their time and resources attempting to increase the extent of their domains. The very fact that Pope Stephen II would have used the 'Donation of Constantine', which he almost certainly knew to be a recent forgery, to acquire the papal states is evidence of the papal view of feudalism. In the broader context, the popes saw feudalism as the natural order of things, with the pope as supreme, kings, cardinals and princes next, and so on down the line. Anything that broke this natural order of things could undermine the pope's authority.

Answer 4

By helping with education. Using their monasteries

Answer 5

no role