How did the Church influence Medieval Life?

Answer 1

The Church influenced literally *every* aspect of Medieval life.

You basically lived your life the way the Church told you to, or you risked being burned as a heretic.

You weren't even allowed to think for yourself. Simply expressing disagreement with the Church was often enough to get you in big trouble.

There was no television, no newspapers, no magazines. The vast majority of people were illiterate anyway. This meant that people were completely ignorant. All you knew was whatever the Church told you.

It wasn't until the Renaissance, and later the Reformation, that the Church started to lose power. This was aided by certain key events, like Gutenberg's invention of the printing press, and (later on) Martin Luther's "95 Theses" (a laundry list of complaints against the Church that was widely translated and copied thanks to the printing press).

I'm no historian though, so if you really want to know what Medieval life was like, ask a real historian, or do your own research. Yahoo Answers isn't really the place to go for in-depth information.

Answer 2

Influence? There was no life outside the Church in medieval times... If someone wanted to have one, they would be tried, convicted, and executed as heretics...

Answer 3

well, church in medieval time they use to rule,, basicallly they had the power to choose the king and to remove.. most of the kings where called,, GODs reps. or something like that..