The three estates of Medieval Europe were Church, Nobility, and Peasantry. The clergy were the people who performed the religious duties and they were in the Church estate, therefore the answer is A.
<span>C. sending the case to a US court of appeals for a decision</span>
Not many could get into the place, so no one could come spread other religions. They stuck to their own religion, islam.
Linkage institutions are an access point for citizens to connect with their government for the purpose of expressing their policy preferences.
Here are the four linkage institutions examples:<span>1. Political Parties
2. Interest Groups
3. Media
4. Elections
Hope this helps :)</span>
<span>According to the passage included in this question, the reason that the Byzantines wanted Bilisarius to stake everything in a single battle against the Goths was that they had hope this would prevent them from starving to death. This is evidenced by the reference to them having 'no more grain'.</span>
