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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Amazing Dingo" data-source="post: 1735572" data-attributes="member: 23353">Another area that was briefly hinted upon but never really followed up by any one else was the fracturing between secular power and religious power.  For instance, who crowns a king?  Often times, you see a bishop or the pope overseeing the passing of power from one King to another.  Does this mean that the bishop can also take that crown back?  The King will say 'no' but the church would obviously have a very different idea.  Heads of states and the heads of churches were constantly fighting with one another over all kinds of things.Another example is secular law versus ecclesiastical law.  A holy man (and there are many, many degrees of who a holy man might be - from a monastaries doorman to the bishop himself) was subject only to ecclesiastical law for anything.  So if a priest killed someone, he was sent to the bishop and not the king for judging.  Look at today's controversy in the Catholic Church in America where many sexual offenders were judged by the church.  In both times, they only got a slap on the wrist.Just as a point of note, a man was often times considered "holy" if he could read (only the Catholic church really needed someone to read).  This changed over time, but is one of those little interesting tidbits.Also, for a long while at the beginning of what is considered the Dark Ages in western europe, ecclesiastical positions were handed down within a family, much like the feudal system.  This caused some obvious problems and was latter changed (this is, some argue, the primary reason why priests cannot have children and there is at least some strength to the point).I might remember some more as time passes.  Its been a while since those college classes.Also, another game system that gives a good feel of the medieval church is Ars Magica.</blockquote>

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