Complex sentence: Dobson, Part 2 Discontent increased with a deterioration in the respect held for the Church, which became generally hated by the peasants, as many priests lacked education and the bishops and abbots were themselves landowners.
Split into simpler sentences: Dobson, Part 2 Discontent increased with a deterioration in the respect held for the Church. It became generally hated by the peasants, as many priests lacked education and the bishops and abbots were themselves landowners.