How did the Church become the most powerful social, educational, political, and military institution in the Middle Ages

How did the Church become the most powerful social, educational, political, and military institution in the Middle Ages

USE TEXTBOOK- WESTERN CIVILIZATION 9TH EDITION JACKSON J. SPIELVOGEL

Answer in an EXHAUSTIVE MANNER AND USE A lot of QUOTES AND EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT Please cite them in quotes

Essay Question: How did the Church become the most powerful social, educational, political, and military institution in the Middle Ages? How did the church go about advancing its own agendas, even in the face of monarchs, heretics, and peasants? Consider the whole that was discussed from 300AD to the Renaissance.

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