Respuesta :
This is true, or at least can be true.
Especially in the Middle Ages religion served as an agent of social control, and the leaders were claiming to have been appointed by representatives of God; which meant that being against the rulers was understood as being against God.
Especially in the Middle Ages religion served as an agent of social control, and the leaders were claiming to have been appointed by representatives of God; which meant that being against the rulers was understood as being against God.