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How Did Religion Affect Medieval Europe

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Religion greatly affected many areas of medieval Europe including political structures, economics, and education. Judaism, Islam and Christianity were the more prominent religions that were practiced in medieval Europe. But, Christianity was by far the most influential in the country. Because of this, the majority of the power in Europe was given to the Roman Catholic Church. Feudalism was the structure of political life in the Medieval era. Feudalism is strongly connected to religion. Nobles and monarchs supplied land grants to the Church to receive blessings and spiritual support. Monarchs maintained control and power by the support of other powerful people known as lords. The Church was at the top of the political chain, more specifically
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