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		<title>imported&gt;Soranin at 23:23, 18 May 2024</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The {{Wiki|Catholic Church}} was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The {{Wiki|Catholic Church}} was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Soranin at 00:05, 16 February 2024</title>
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		<title>imported&gt;Soranin at 14:05, 2 December 2023</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Church, power and prestige}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Church, power and prestige}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Lady Kyashira at 14:02, 23 November 2023</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Abstergo Cloud database entries]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:Abstergo Cloud database entries]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Church, power and prestige}}&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Darman36 at 04:36, 21 November 2023</title>
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		<updated>2023-11-21T04:36:42Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Imageneed}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Imageneed}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Animus &lt;/del&gt;Cloud database entries]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Category:&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Abstergo &lt;/ins&gt;Cloud database entries]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Darman36: Adding categories</title>
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		<updated>2023-11-21T03:30:07Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Adding categories&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The [[Catholicism|Catholic Church]] was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the [[Church]]. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>imported&gt;Darman36 at 05:11, 20 November 2023</title>
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		<updated>2023-11-20T05:11:16Z</updated>

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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Spoilerhd|16 February 2024|[[Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Nexus VR]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Spoilerhd|16 February 2024|[[Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Nexus VR]]}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Wiki&lt;/del&gt;|Catholic Church&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;}} &lt;/del&gt;was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the Church. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Catholicism&lt;/ins&gt;|Catholic Church&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Church&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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	</entry>
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		<title>imported&gt;Lady Kyashira: Created page with &quot;{{Spoilerhd|16 February 2024|Assassin&#039;s Creed: Nexus VR}} {{Imageneed}} The {{Wiki|Catholic Church}} was a major power in the troubled political context of the Renaissance, and the Pope himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In Rome and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the Church. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the...&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2023-11-18T11:10:17Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;{{Spoilerhd|16 February 2024|&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed:_Nexus_VR&quot; title=&quot;Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Nexus VR&quot;&gt;Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Nexus VR&lt;/a&gt;}} {{Imageneed}} The {{Wiki|Catholic Church}} was a major power in the troubled political context of the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Renaissance&quot; title=&quot;Renaissance&quot;&gt;Renaissance&lt;/a&gt;, and the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Papacy&quot; title=&quot;Papacy&quot;&gt;Pope&lt;/a&gt; himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Rome&quot; title=&quot;Rome&quot;&gt;Rome&lt;/a&gt; and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the Church. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the...&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Páàjì titun&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Spoilerhd|16 February 2024|[[Assassin&amp;#039;s Creed: Nexus VR]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{Imageneed}}&lt;br /&gt;
The {{Wiki|Catholic Church}} was a major power in the troubled political context of the [[Renaissance]], and the [[Papacy|Pope]] himself was the influential ruler of the Pontifical/{{Wiki|Papal States}}. In [[Rome]] and elsewhere, the wealthiest families competed to influence the Church. Members of the oligarchy joined the clergy to take control from inside. In the towns and villages, funding the local churches, offering donations and gifts, patronizing the best artists to elaborate and to adorn the religious buildings were also classic ways to achieve power and prestige.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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