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  2. Church and state in medieval Europe - Wikipedia

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    The traditional social stratification of the Occident in the 15th century. Church and state in medieval Europe was the relationship between the Catholic Church and the various monarchies and other states in Europe during the Middle Ages (between the end of Roman authority in the West in the fifth century to their end in the East in the fifteenth century and the beginning of the modern era).

  3. Imperial church system - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Church System is most often associated with Otto I.. The imperial church system (German: Reichskirchensystem, Dutch: rijkskerkenstelsel) was a governance policy by the early Holy Roman emperors and other medieval European rulers to entrust the secular governance of the state to as many celibate members of the clergy (especially bishops and abbots) of the Catholic Church as ...

  4. Christianity in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    Illiteracy was a common problem among nobility as well. To address the problems of illiteracy among clergy and court scribes, Charlemagne founded schools and attracted the most learned men from all of Europe to his court, such as Theodulf, Paul the Deacon, Angilbert, Paulinus of Aquileia. It is also important to acknowledge that at this time ...

  5. Clergy - Wikipedia

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    Clergy" is from two Old French words, clergié and clergie, which refer to those with learning and derive from Medieval Latin clericatus, from Late Latin clericus (the same word from which "cleric" is derived). [2] ". Clerk", which used to mean one ordained to the ministry, also derives from clericus. In the Middle Ages, reading and writing ...

  6. Imperial, royal and noble ranks - Wikipedia

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    王 is the title of kings in East Asia. A king is called Wáng in Chinese, Wang in Korean, Vương in Vietnamese, and Ō in Japanese, but these are all just their respective pronunciations of the Chinese character 王. Wáng (王), the head of state of Ancient China. Wang (왕, 王), Korean, meaning "king".

  7. Peace and Truce of God - Wikipedia

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    The Peace and Truce of God (Latin: Pax et treuga Dei) was a movement in the Middle Ages led by the Catholic Church and was one of the most influential mass peace movements in history. [2] The goal of both the Pax Dei and the Treuga Dei was to limit the violence of feuding in the western half of the former Carolingian Empire – following its ...

  8. Medieval university - Wikipedia

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    Medieval university. Illustration from a 16th-century manuscript showing a meeting of doctors at the University of Paris. A medieval university was a corporation organized during the Middle Ages for the purposes of higher education. The first Western European institutions generally considered to be universities were established in present-day ...

  9. History of the papacy (1048–1257) - Wikipedia

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    The Investiture Controversy was the most significant conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe.It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV, and the Gregorian Papacy concerning who would control appointments of church officials (investiture).