### q6 kings and clergy were closely interrelated > The actual medieval clergy (especially its upper reaches) was more typically drawn from the same families which filled the ranks of the aristocracy; bishops and cardinals tended to be the brothers and cousins of dukes and kings. They also tended to have their seats in the regions they came from and very often were as loyal (and sometimes more so) to their local rulers than to the Holy See. Not for nothing did Henry IV, when he wrote to object to Pope Gregory VII’s reforms in 1075, write that he did so “with all of my Bishops.” - [[Hidden String-Pullers, Falling Empires and Tactics Against Horse Archers by Bret Devereaux#q6 kings and clergy were closely interrelated|View in Vault]]