Question

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1.. What role did the church play in maintaining the manorial system?
2. How did the church in the medieval period gain wealth?

Answer 1

@chloeboor
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Answer 2

@zepdrix @cvliboi

Answer 3

2.) In terms of wealth and land ownership the Church was second only to the King.

Money, property, valuables and land were given to the Church by wealthy aristocrats, who believed that this ensured the health of their souls after death; they were called donors and there were many throughout the medieval period.

Money was also generated in "tithes" - everyone had to give a tenth of their income or crop to the Church by law. The crops went into tithe barns and it could be used to feed the starving poor in times of need; otherwise it might be sold to generate money for the Church's coffers.

People paid for church services such as weddings, burials and baptisms; this was called an offering to the altar, but it went to the priest. Church-scot was a kind of tax levied on all parishioners, also going to the priest.

Some noblemen paid for the building of a private chapel and then paid for a chaplain to staff it; again they expected to gain a reward in Heaven as a result.

Some Orders of monks (particularly the Cistercians) were excellent businessmen and generated massive incomes from sheep farming and wool production.

Answer 4

the second one is basically by asking for tithes

Answer 5

1.) the Catholic Church (the ONLY church in Western Europe in the Middle Ages) was fully integrated into the fuedal system. Bishops and cardinals replaced barons and counts etc... but the basics remained the same. That is, they owned land, took rents (and Tithing) had peasants and even serfs and some even took their military obligations seriously! That is ,SOME Bishops actualy armed and armoured, fought in battle same as any lord!!!
One bishop in the north of England even said mass with his helm and mace (warclub) on the alter - to reinforce his social possition! This was not that common however.
The basic social structure was based on the idea of keeping sheep. That is, the church was the shepherd-guiding the flock, the commoners were the sheep (flock) and the nobles were the dogs, protecting the flock and the shepherd from attack. Then the middle class became more common and stuffed it all up!!! ;)
The basic structure of the social system

Answer 6

Where did you get this information

Answer 7

google search lol just typed the question in

Answer 8

lol. thanks.