World History plz help me thanks?

Question

what made the clergy's strong how did nobility gain so much power ???

Answer 1

Because the clergy controlled taxes and the courts system meaning they had power over life and death

I have the same questions in my own textbook

Answer 2

...money...

Answer 3

Well im guessing that your aiming for the times maybe 15-17th century. Well one reason right up front is that they had boat loads of money and could do as they please.

For the clergy:

Majority of people back then were not all that smart, and believed "heavily" in their faith, and priests were usually their only access to that faith. So a priest controlled a persons soul in a peasant's eyes. And since everyone firmly believed in h**l back then no one wanted to go to h**l by disobeying the church.

Royalty:

Church and Royalty kinda helped each other out, to get the most out of the peasants. If the Church backs a certain King or ruler, you cant bet sure as h**l that there aint gonna be no revolts there. You could almost say nobility was the strong arm of the church, but not really since they did do their own agenda a majority of the time

Answer 4

In Dark Ages -Medieval Europe (400 AD to about 1492 AD). The Christian clergy had great power because of the widespread fear of church punishments which could result in --it was believed--everlasting damnation. For example, the pope once placed the England of King John under "interdict" for an extended period of time. While this order lasted churches did not hold services. There were no confessions, no communion, no final anointing of the dead, no marriages. This terrified the people of England, who felt that without the sacraments, their souls stood in real danger of Hellfire.  

This is the negative side of the great and unquestioning faith of those ages. It should be noted that at the same time, it was Christianity which kept the spark of literacy alive and preserved the classics of ancient literature, which inspired the first Universities, often restrained the nobility and the crown from worse crimes than they usually committed and inspired the great architecture of Europe's cathedrals.

The nobility sprang from warriors in remote times who, by deeds on the battlefield, were granted titles and lands --and serfs to work those lands (in exchange for "protection" in time of war). The nobles held onto that power. The wealth derived from the land allowed them to build castles and to hire armies during the time of war. Until the Renaissance most "national" armies were actually collections of armies raised by noblemen.  With a monopoly of military force, the nobility could get their way with the people --and could force King John to sign the Magna Carta.

Even in the 20th Century, noblemen sometimes played a great part in English military affairs (Lord Gort and Lord Mountbatten come to mind) or were rewarded for their military feats with a patent of nobility (Bernard, Lord Montgomery of Alamein).

Answer 5

in may instances religion and nobility backed each other up

If you disobey "God" the clergy would send you to "h**l"

I think that the nobility started(going back a really long time) because "If you do the bullies home work he would not let other people hurt you--rather like a from of extortion from organized crime

In some case they "worked" together

Henry V111  of England was created "Defender of the faith " by the pope

Please keep in mind that some people will join a cause (religion or political) just because they enjoy creating trouble NOT because they believe in the cause--please do not forget that people in a crowd do not act like individuals

But I do have to say that I am a Christian and I have  a tremendous amount of respect for the Queen

Answer 6

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