in what ways did religion and economics influence the development of medieval europe and japan

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Heres a great article I found, with regard to religion and medieval europe . "After the death of Jesus Christ in 33 AD, Christianity was *banned*. Despite those found to be practising Christianity being put to death, some devout Christians continued to secretly practise their beliefs. These people kept the Christian faith from dying out until Emperor Constantine (r. 306-337) reinstated it as the *official religion of the Roman Empire*. Over the next 600 years, the Roman Catholic Church ('the Church') experienced growth in wealth and power in western Europe. By the beginning of the high Middle Ages (1050), the Roman Catholic Church had become the most powerful institution in western Europe." http://www.skwirk.com.au/p-c_s-56_u-474_t-1292_c-4962/sa/7/religion-in-medieval-europe/rel