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Read the quote.
All things were under its domain... its power was such that no one could hope to escape its scrutiny.
Which institution that existed during the Middle Ages is most likely being described by the quote?
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The Roman Catholic Church (the medieval Church / Papacy).
It exercised wide spiritual and temporal authority across Europe—controlling education, law, moral life, and even kings—and used institutions like the papal curia and the Inquisition to investigate and punish dissent, so few could escape its scrutiny.
It exercised wide spiritual and temporal authority across Europe—controlling education, law, moral life, and even kings—and used institutions like the papal curia and the Inquisition to investigate and punish dissent, so few could escape its scrutiny.
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