... heavily attacked causing Pope Pius V to completely abolish them in 1567. (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. Annates were taxes issued by the Church to rulers and ... 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." (Tracy 123) Even the Holy Roman Emperor could only be crowned properly by the pope, a custom set by Charlemagne ...

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