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How Did The Catholic Church Influence Medieval Times

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Lazayvion Hammick
Sheila Wilkinson
World History College-Prep
4 December 2015
“Power of the Catholics” The Catholic Church has a significant impact during the Medieval Times, also know as the Middle Ages. The Church has a lasting impact that still affects people today. Key Area include the governments, society, and the economy. The effects the church had on governments were influential and impacted people of past, present and future. The church levied taxes, influenced national governments, and continues to wage wars. People like Charlemagne, Pope Gregory VII and Urban II were very responsible for the effects of the government. The churches and national governments clashed frequently, but dues to the church’s heavy power nationals couldn’t

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