Why were people so religious in the middle ages?
There was a lot going on in the middle ages that people were fearful of and didn’t know what to do about. People were dying from the black plague in unprecedented numbers, while the cause was unknown. It was logical for people to turn to something or someone that would give them assurance that they weren’t alone. The lack of knowledge and the fear of the unknown caused people to resort to make up their own reasons for the things they experienced in everyday life. So they adopted beliefs that would explain why a fourth of Europe was dying and what they could do to stop this.
