Iqmal

I think that religion was very important to the people of the middle ages. There were obviously people that were more religious than others.

Take monks for example, they give up a normal life and dedicate themselves to God and spend their whole lives doing good deeds such as devout prayers, helping the sick, farming, baking and copying the manuscript of the Bible. The monks also spent a lot of time doing church service and praying in the monastery where they lived their whole life.

There were also people called friars. Friars are people who travel and tell people about God. They normally live off other people and make do with what they have.

Another thing that shows religion was important was the church. The church was so important, it was the focal point of every village and everyone had to pay a tenth of their earnings to the church which was called a tithe.

Everyone also had to follow the Holy Order, which was code of religion the people had to live by. If you did not follow the code, you would be excommunicated.

Pilgrimages were also performed. Pilgrimages are journeys to a Holy Land.

Last but not least, the Crusades. The crusades were journeys the Christians took to Jerusalem, the holy land, to try and defeat the Muslims.

This is all I can tell you about the importance of religion in the Middle Ages. I hope you learnt something!