... for the previous one thousand years provided the cultural and organizational foundation of the Western Civilization" (Strayer 1995: 35). The faith the church proclaimed had provided the essential questions of life for everyone from poor peasants to rich nobles. These questions were about to be challenged. The oldest of the Christian churches, the Roman Catholic Church has a very long history ... monarchs attempted to assert more and more of their authority against the power of their feudal nobility. Instead of relying on feudal charges for the bulk of their military power, Renaissance pr...

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