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What role did the church play in maintaining the manorial system?

Within the Church there were other hierarchies. The Church included the clergy, people such as priests and monks who had devoted their lives to the Church, and the laity or ordinary baptized Christians. Some members of the clergy were more powerful than others. Directly beneath the pope were the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops. These were powerful positions for educated men, who were generally born into nobility. Men of more modest backgrounds became priests, whose authority extended only to their parish.

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What role did the church play in maintaining the manorial system?

Within the Church there were other hierarchies. The Church included the clergy, people such as priests and monks who had devoted their lives to the Church, and the laity or ordinary baptized Christians. Some members of the clergy were more powerful than others. Directly beneath the pope were the cardinals, archbishops, and bishops. These were powerful positions for educated men, who were generally born into nobility. Men of more modest backgrounds became priests, whose authority extended only to their parish.