During the Middle Ages, monarchs increased their power by:?

Answer 1

To simplistic of a question -- the middles ages were a thousand years long and covered a dozen countries with different cultures and geo-political structures.

Of course, marrying well never hurt anybody...

Answer 2

Like Elise K said, it's a very broad question...

Maybe the most common model for power was the feudal system. In other words, it wasn't just about conquering land yourself, it was about getting the local nobles who actually controlled the land to agree to be your underlings, your vassals. The more vassals you had, the more powerful you became.

A monarch could gain more vassals by militarily beating their previous lords, by marrying their previous lords' offspring, by directly coercing them with some sort of benefit...etc, etc...

The hard part, afterwards, was getting the vassals to actually do what you wanted...

Answer 3

~allyiing with the church and convincing the superstitious masses that:
a. church mythology was truth and,
b. declaring their right to rule to be divinely endowed.

Between the monarch and the Bishop of Rome, the masses were kept poor, ignorant and landless while property wealth and power were concentrated in a tight circle of inbred families who continued to inter-marry and to produce increasingly defective offspring. The theory still works today, doesn't it.

Answer 4

burned meant heretics on the stake, taxed the human beings, and gained wars with surrounding international locations. all of those issues created worry, which placed the monarchs able to ability.

Answer 5

First by seige and war, then marriages, then stealing the other countries treasuries and plundering pillaging raping, killing, deceipt and crime, then they used the religions no matter which religion, they are all the same.

Answer 6

Marrying (royalty)

Answer 7

strategic marriages with royalty from other countries

Answer 8

force/power

Answer 9

by warring with other kingdoms.