Breed in a desperate attempt to try and explain the unexplainable of the time period, superstition are ramped in the Middle Ages. With the Middle Ages being an age of uncertainty and an overall lack of knowledge in the very world that surrounded the people living in this time, superstitions became apart of everyday life and could even be considered routine. While today many of the fears of the people of the Middle Ages which were the root cause of superstition are considered non-realistic and just completely ridiculous, the fear that these people felt strongly impacted their lives and the societies in which they lived. Even today, with our many scientific advancements and better understanding of our surroundings, it is often thought that the
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The most notable superstition in all of the Middle Ages is the belief of witchcraft. This is dubbed at the most famous medieval superstition many people were put to death all across Europe after being accused of witchcraft. All across Europe, the Church was accusing people of witchcraft, and once accused, the person was forced into confessing, all innocents aside, through brutal torture methods (Newman, 2013). Once the confession was given, the accused were put to death by hanging or being burned at the stake, which would eventually become the trademark for executing a witch (Newman, 2013). All in all, an estimated 200,000 people were sentenced to death after being accused of witchcraft (N.A. 2013). The superstition of witchcraft is a prime example of how superstition breed from fear and ignorance can end up having detrimental …show more content…
A seemingly newborn superstition, the fear of Friday the 13th can find its origins in the 1800’s (Pappas, 2012). As most of Medieval England being under the Church 's rule, Friday was also considered to be an unlucky day as Jesus died on a Friday (Pappas, 2012). Similarly, 13 had a long history of being unlucky, with the 13th man at the Last Supper being the one to betray Jesus (Conradt, 2009). So then it 's easy to see how when the two are put together that it 's a real recipe for disaster to the people of the Middle Ages. Today, friggatriskaidekaphobia, or the fear of Friday the 13th is all to very real for some (Pappas, 2012). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina report that about 17 million people fear Friday the 13th (Pappas, 2012). With an entire movie franchise named after the forbidden day, it is no doubt that the superstition still feeds off our fear. "If anything bad happens to you on Friday the 13th, the two will be forever associated in your mind," said Thomas Gilovich, a renowned psychologist currently located at Cornell University (Pappas, 2012). Just like Gilovich said, the bad will forever be associated with that day. While this was never my personal experience, it is still something that has affected me and my life. It was said to me that my parents were married on a Friday the 13th. While they stayed together for some time, it
The most notable superstition in all of the Middle Ages is the belief of witchcraft. This is dubbed at the most famous medieval superstition many people were put to death all across Europe after being accused of witchcraft. All across Europe, the Church was accusing people of witchcraft, and once accused, the person was forced into confessing, all innocents aside, through brutal torture methods (Newman, 2013). Once the confession was given, the accused were put to death by hanging or being burned at the stake, which would eventually become the trademark for executing a witch (Newman, 2013). All in all, an estimated 200,000 people were sentenced to death after being accused of witchcraft (N.A. 2013). The superstition of witchcraft is a prime example of how superstition breed from fear and ignorance can end up having detrimental …show more content…
A seemingly newborn superstition, the fear of Friday the 13th can find its origins in the 1800’s (Pappas, 2012). As most of Medieval England being under the Church 's rule, Friday was also considered to be an unlucky day as Jesus died on a Friday (Pappas, 2012). Similarly, 13 had a long history of being unlucky, with the 13th man at the Last Supper being the one to betray Jesus (Conradt, 2009). So then it 's easy to see how when the two are put together that it 's a real recipe for disaster to the people of the Middle Ages. Today, friggatriskaidekaphobia, or the fear of Friday the 13th is all to very real for some (Pappas, 2012). The Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina report that about 17 million people fear Friday the 13th (Pappas, 2012). With an entire movie franchise named after the forbidden day, it is no doubt that the superstition still feeds off our fear. "If anything bad happens to you on Friday the 13th, the two will be forever associated in your mind," said Thomas Gilovich, a renowned psychologist currently located at Cornell University (Pappas, 2012). Just like Gilovich said, the bad will forever be associated with that day. While this was never my personal experience, it is still something that has affected me and my life. It was said to me that my parents were married on a Friday the 13th. While they stayed together for some time, it