The Holy Roman Empire and the church were, as you might guess based on the name, quite connected entities in the beginning. The church was responsible for the crowning of Charlemagne, the first emperor who formed the actual Holy Roman Empire. However, in the centuries that followed, one of the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire got into an argument with the pope of the time because of which important consequences ensued.
The reason why Balboa is successful in managing his
relationships with the Indians than his relationships with other powerful Spaniards
was because Indians praised him in what he has accomplished in which he has
seized the hill and that the Spaniards thought of him as a gambling pig farmer.
Larger states didn't feel it was fair for the states with smaller populations to have equal say in government
