From the earliest ages, the people were told that the only way to get to Heaven was if the Roman Catholic Church would allow them. On a weekly basis, society was informed of the atrocities that awaited them in Hell (via services,) to the point, they were terrified of it, and would do anything to be obviated from this devastation. This you see is how the Church controlled every aspect of their lives, from start to finish.

Every class of people from the Medieval Hierarchy was affected in this control, specifically the peasants. They would work the Church land voluntarily, when their time may have been better spent on their own plots, supporting their families.

In Medieval England, peasants lived in cruck houses. These were grimy, usually no more than two rooms, with a wooden frame covered with wattle and daub (a mixture of mud, straw and manure.) None of the cruck houses exist now; most of them collapsed after a while as they were so poorly built. However, there are many Medieval

Some topics in this essay:
Domesday Book, Medieval England, Church Gradually, Catholic Church, Hell Church, Virgin Mother, Medieval Hierarchy, Medieval Church, Wise East, Christmas Easter, cruck houses, paid church,