How did the church demonstrate power in the middle ages?

Well, I think In the middle ages, the government or whoever as ruling would enforce laws of religion on people. Some people secretly ran away from it, but others stick to it like glue. Hope this helped.

The question of what caused the full effects of the radical stage, also called the second french revolution by some historians, which shook the political and social reforms in france have caught the attention of many scholars, particularly because of principles implemented during this stage which is contradictory to the fundamental principle of the french revolution itself, by using dictatorship to create equality.