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Spain would want to gain favour with the pope.
The pope was a powerful figure, as his blessing was taken to mean also God's blessing, so people didn't dare to go against it, and treated it as a law. So if the pope was supporting Spain, he could tell other rulers to help Spain militarity - this was one of the ways in which having the Pope's support mattered.
"gargoyle "is a stone sculpture usually made of granite
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