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The Church, Society and Feudalism - Coggle Diagram
The Church
The Church owned 25% of land which was given by the King - this land could not be taken away from them, but the Churchmen were expected to perform duties for it.
Their first duty was to perform regular church services, along with baptisms, marriages, and burials.
Many churchmen were well-educated, and were able to become clerks (clerics), essentially record-keepers - in baronial and royal households.
Some important churchmen became leading members of the government (e.g the King's Chancellor was always a cleric)
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The Pope was powerful, and more involved with the King then than currently:
- The Head of the Catholic Church
- Got involved with politics of Western countries in Europe
- A powerful ally in supporting troops in battle, he could call for Christians to come and help during a crusade (to protect the Church or the Holy Land in Jerusalem).
The Pope could use his weapons of 'Interdict' and 'Excommunication', if he believed a serious offence to the Church had been committed.
Interdict: the withdrawal of Church services from an individual or country, meaning no weddings, baptisms, church services or funerals - making it essentially impossible to go to heaven.
Excommunication:
- The exclusion of an individual from the Church and its services - the most serious punishment used by the Church, as it meant they were going to Hell.
- It was possible for the Pope to lift excommunication from a person if the individual reformed their behaviour.
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Chancellor:
The head of the Chancery, the government body which was responsible for producing officials documents.
- Also the keeper of the 'Great Seal', which was used to show that the King had approved certain documents.
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