What was primarily responsible for the centralization of the church during the twelfth century?
a. the diligent efforts of capable bishops
b. an efficient and well-organized papal curia
c. the influence of the monastic orders
d. a series of autocratic but efficient popes
e. weak kings and emperors throughout Europe
b
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a) the Islamic regions b) the Christian regions c) the heavily forested regions d) the desert regions
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