They had no real power or authority to enforce their laws, taxes, and/or polices.
Answer:
uhhh if you look it up it says
"the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
'the world of science and technology'"
so yeah-
Because it allowed the people to trust their leader if they all supported chritianity, because then they could all relate spiritually. Hope this helped :P
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