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History Tudors
Power of the Church
Socioeconomic
many of the peasants got their news directly from the Church because only 6% of people had the ability to read
the Church held lots of economic power because they collected lots of money from peasants in forms such as Tithes (10% of the revenue made by peasants
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people paid for pardons, indulgences, holy relics and pilgrimages
religious
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religion provided hope for people for a better life after death and there was also a fear of spending long amounts of time in purgatory or even going to hell, kept people committed
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political
gave the monarchy their legitimacy by assuring the public that the monarchs were chosen by god and they enforced the great chain of being
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many of the Churchmen were close advisors to monarchs and they even had cardinals as their key advisors
the Church had the ability to control many parts of foreign policy, especially with their link to Rome