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How important was religion in the Middle Ages?
Date:
The Church: Relating to the Catholic Church in Rome, not the
church building in the villageDoom Paintings: Designed to scare
people into good behaviour with scary images of hell and
afterlifeMonasteries: Homes of the monks, often very rich places,
responsible for supporting the communityThe Pope: The head of The
Catholic Church – he was second only to God himself, so very
powerful
Aim: To know how religion played a part in EVERY bodies lives
and in every part of life in the Middle Ages as well as begin to
understand how the King and The Church often came into conflict
with each other.
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The Church was very important in Medieval life, not just in
England but across Europe too. The head of The Church was The Pope
and he lived in Rome, Italy. Some men within the organisation of
The Catholic Church were as important as barons and even some
kings. The people believed everything the Catholic Church said or
taught for fear of being damned to hell.
EVERYBODY went to church on a Sunday and other holy days!
Full sentences:Who was in charge of the Catholic Church and why
did people do and believe what they said?
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One of the most important points about the Middle Ages was that
up to 90% of the people were illiterate, meaning they couldn’t
read.
So they best way to get images of hell (everlasting pain,
suffering and torture) and therefore scare them into behaving and
following the teachings of The Church was to paint hell, clear and
scary.
These paintings became known as the Doom Paintings.
Make a list of as many observations as you can from this Doom
Painting from the 12thCentury...
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A medieval vision of hell; from Bedford Missal, 1423
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• Murderers being boiled in a pot
• a money lender burning while he counts his gold
• a bridge of spikes for dishonest tradesmen
• demons pulling people off Jacob’s ladder
• a drunken pilgrim with his wine bottle
• a dog biting a woman who pampered her pet while others
starved
• Christ defeating the devil
• angels helping people up the ladder
• St Michael weighing people’s goodness
Stick your copy of this Doom Painting in your book and see if
you can locate the following…
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Write a paragraph describing the Doom Paintings, you should
include the following words:
Demons, chains, fire, weapons, pain, ladders, monsters, angels,
st peter, the book, light, dark, red, whit, eternity, punishment,
teachings, heaven, hell, split, etc…
