Routes To Heaven History Y7 Flashcards
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What is the most important thing you can do to get to heaven
attend a church service called mass every sunday
What do people do to be forgiven
They confess their sins to the priest
What did good priests do
They devoted there life to god and followed the rules
What does a pilgrimage do
Shows you are sorry for your sins
How did you show yourself as more sorry
if you have a long and really hard journey you showed yourself to be more sorry.
What would people believe about pilgramages?
That by just going to a holy place or touch a holy thing, that you would get into heaven
Why did most nunneries only have rich woman or widows
because a peasant couldnβt become a nun because they were needed to badly to work on the fields.
How many meals did the nuns have a day?
They had three meals a day
What would nuns eat in the morning for breakfast?
They would have bread and ale
What would nuns have for lunch in midday?
beef, pork, or lamb
What would nuns have for supper? A light or heavy meal?
They would have a light meal, of normally fish.
Why might you bring a wax figure of a body part when you go on a pilgrimage
If the body part is hurting you might bring it to give to someone or leave it somewhere and you pray it gets better.
What do priests wear?
Normally, Priests wear brown robes, or, on special occasions, they would wear orange
Where did people believe they would go after death?
People believed that nearly everyone went to Purgatory when they died
Why did people buy βpardonsβ
a pardon freed you from going to hell, if you had enough money you would buy one and it meant that you went straight into heaven.
What was purgatory like?
It was not quite as awful as hell, but not that great
How did you get from Purgatory to Heaven?
You had to be sorry for your sins and get people who are still alive, to pray for you
