The Influence Of Religion On The Medieval People Of The Middle Ages

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Things that fascinates me about the Medieval times are Religion ruled everything , people did not take baths everyday, and the pretty castles.

In Europe during the Medieval times religion ruled everything which is exciting because the church decided what the country did. According to Medival life time and info.com '"The lives of the Medieval people of the Middle Ages was dominated by the church. " People went to church everyday and prayed multiple times throughout the day which was normal to them .The people beleived that when bad things happened to them it was because they sinned another reason i find this fascinates me is because even doctors practiced there work through religion."Medieval religion was extremely important and even the doctors and physicians of the era were also well versed in religion. "That means if you got worked on by a doctor he would say because god wants him to and its god work.
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The black plague interest me because it killed nearly one third of Englands population which was caused because they didnt have running water or sewage systems another reason is because it could of been solved easily with modern technology like sewage sytems and trash pick up days. The black plague interest me because it didnt just effect England but it effected almost all of Europe it took the lives of almost 75 to 200 million people . According medieval times info .com ". It is not surprising that health during the Medieval times was poor and the mortality rates following illnesses were high. " Because people didnt show interest in the their health and believed god would take there illness

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