1. Describe CANON LAW
Definitio: The law of the Church, in matters such as marriage and religious practices.
Basically the Church just decided that it was up to them to choose who marries who and how to practice
religion.
2. Describe what might happen to a person, like a king, who didn't follow canon law?
If anyone tried to appose this so called "cannon law" they would have two punishments excommunication & interdict. This ment that even if someone as high as a king was to go against this law he too would fall under the punishment of the church. More or less from the pope actually. So lets say a king didn't listen to this "law" they would first be punished with excommunication which was banishment from the Church to wield power over political rulers. And if they still didn't listen then they would place interdict which is sacraments and religious services could not be performed in the king’s lands.
To sum this all up at this time even the pope had more power over a kings land then he himself did. Why? Because a pope thought that he could use religion as a weapon a weapon that would make everyone fear it and not to act out of rules and orders.
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