Teachings of the Medieval church
All Medieval people who were village peasants or townspeople believed that God, Heaven and Hell existed. From very early in of age, the people were taught that the only way they could go to Heaven was if the Roman Catholic Church let them go. Everyone would have been terrified of Hell and the people would have been told of the unqualified horrors awaiting for them in Hell in the weekly services that they attended to.
The control that the Church had over the people was a lot. Peasants worked for free on Church land, which proved difficult for peasants at times when they spent time working on Church land, which could have been spent better working on their own plots of land producing food for their families.
. Lists of sins considered particularly serious in the Middle Ages was called the seven ‘deadly' sins:
The list of sins was an important teaching tool in the medieval times and sermons, poems and wall paintings presented them dramatically and as if you are there, in order to warn people of the danger they posed.
The control that the Church had over the people was a lot. Peasants worked for free on Church land, which proved difficult for peasants at times when they spent time working on Church land, which could have been spent better working on their own plots of land producing food for their families.
. Lists of sins considered particularly serious in the Middle Ages was called the seven ‘deadly' sins:
- Pride
- Envy
- Anger, or wrath
- Avarice or covetousness (the love of riches
- Sloth (laziness, also the loss of a hopeful and positive attitude or despair that someone is beyond God's love and salvation
- Gluttony (greed for (especially rich) food and drunkenness
- Lust, or lechery
The list of sins was an important teaching tool in the medieval times and sermons, poems and wall paintings presented them dramatically and as if you are there, in order to warn people of the danger they posed.