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During the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church played an all-encompassing role
in the lives of the people and the government. As the Dark Ages came to a close,
the ideas of the Renaissance started to take hold, and the church's power gradually
began to diminish. The monarchies of Europe also began to grow, replacing the church's
power. Monarchies, at the close of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the
Renaissance, did not so much seek the guidance of the church as much as it sought
their approval. However, the Church during the Age of Discovery was still a major
influence. The discovery of the New World and its previously unknown inhabitants
presented new problems to the Catholic Church in the late 14th and early 15th
century. The Spanish colonization of the New World introduced Christian ideals to the local inhabitants.
The church established contact with the New World, and made it a goal to
enforce Catholic doctrine among the native population. The Catholic......

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