_____ is a political scientist and author of Two Treatises on Civil Government who believed that government could exist without
the consent of the governed and that the primary purpose of the state was to protect the rights of the citizen. A.Hobbes
B. Locke
C.Blackstone
D.Montesquieu
The Christian Church was a major power in the Western Europe during the Middle Ages. The church was a powerful institution that ordered many facets of life during the Middle Ages. It gave legitimacy to political institutions and provided direction to the lives of the average people as well.