The people in the Middle Ages were still highly connected to the church. Priests, and clergy ruled during that time, & what the church said was almost interpreted as law. In the Renaissance they took a step away from church, especially after the bubonic plague and started focusing more on humanism.
I think it was called Ecomienda.
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