Tithe

land that the king granted them. They lived comfortable and lavish lives, attending and hosting feasts, hunting and ruling over their subjects. During the day nobles would also attend to business matters that involved their land. The church collected tithes from nobles and peasants, taking 10% of what they earned in a year. And unlike peasants and nobles, the church wasn’t required to pay taxes to the king. Due to the acquiring of land and collection of taxes, the church became very wealthy.…

and working hours during the summer time were much longer. The life of a peasant was not that fair. The lord of the land made peasants work for long hours and a little bit of money. On top of the long hours of working, the lord took a tithe from the peasants. A tithe was a church tax and it consisted of one tenth of the peasant’s income. This was a huge blow to the peasants considering that the amount of income they already had was very low. The lord would also make the peasants work on the…

They make rituals appease their gods so that they can favor them in their lives. The offerings, tithes and rituals performed by various religions are a sign of respect to scared beings (Murdoch, 2013). Muslims women are considered impure during their monthly periods and during this time they are not allowed to pray and after the menses they need to…

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