Author: Curt Doolittle

Under feudalism (distributed rule), the aristocracy (military), needed to maintain landholdings(production) in the family by giving it to the eldest (Primogeniture) instead of distributing it to all the males. This caused much of the aristocracy that had no other options to take positions in the churches which were all paid for by these aristocratic femilies. This meant that the aristocdracy owned both the manor and the church, and they divided responsibility giving church management of the peasants in matters of behaviora and morals, and the manor in matters of property, and the shire courts, city courts, and parliament for escalating resolution of disputes. The aristocratic families would then accumulate land in the local church to provide income for these sons. The church landsd were not taxed. Over time the church held half of all land in Europe.

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