They have the same insulting and humiliating impact today as they did in the Middle Ages.” That’s exactly what St. Stephani Church in Calbe was hoping to do with its Judensau, which depicts a ...
Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in medieval life in England The Catholic Church in ...
Almost all of them were run by the Church ... Ages. In 1524, for example, Henry VII’s Savoy Hospital (founded by the king in 1505) was expected to have a doctor and surgeon. In the Middle ...