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In the West, centralized religion historically was the government. They collected taxes, managed large scale projects, handing down justice, maintained postal
by mywittyname 6y ago
In the West, centralized religion historically was the government. They collected taxes, managed large scale projects, handing down justice, maintained postal networks, etc.
There's a reason that England's split from the Catholic church lead to a civil war and eventually the 1689 Bill of Rights: it was a coup.
- throw0101a 6y ago> In the West, centralized religion historically was the government. Only in the Papal States. Most of the rest of Europe had Dukes and Kings and such, which may have had some friction with Bishops and the Pope.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoThe reason is divorce.