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The ideas people had about cats differed with time and place. In most places, they were regarded as working animals, kept to control rodents, which would otherwise get out of control and destroy food stores.
There is a story that cats were killed because they were associated with the Devil, and that this made the Black Death worse than it otherwise would have been. This is almost certainly not true. While there was an association of cats with witchcraft, this did not come about until the end of the Middle Ages, and is much more a Renaissance thing than medieval. During most of the Middle Ages, there were no witch trials, and they only began to appear as isolated events in the 14th century. The public hysteria and widespread witch hunts that we read about did not begin until the last two decades of the 15th century, when the Middle Ages were over. There are historians who doubt the stories about widespread killing of cats altogether.
There is a link below to an article on witch hunts.
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Did serfs have last names?
No. In the Middle Ages many people did not have family names.
How many classes of people were there in the middle ages and what were they?
The royalty, the priesthood, the knighthood, and the commoners.
How many families ruled England in the middle ages?
how many families ruled in the middle ages
Why did people find it difficult to change religions in the middle ages?
For many people, there was no alternative but the Church in which they were raised.
What is the difference between the Renaissance and middle ages?
the difference between the renaissance and the middle ages is that the middle ages was a time of survival and religious belives. During the middle ages people still believed in god. Also, there were many raids, and travel was not safe. People focused on getting enough food and survivng in the harsh way of life. The middle ages is known as the dark ages because of how harsh people lived. On the other hand the renaissance was of time of rebith, invention, and bring back the classic ways of the Greek and Roman ideas. People lived in luxury and enjoyed life unlike the people of the medival era, otherwise known as the middle ages.
Who invented the punishments in the middle ages?
Many people, including monarchs, advisers, etc.
Brief summary about chrisianity in the middle ages?
Christianity was important and almost forced people to believe in it or be killed. There were many crusades and battles in the name of Christianity during the Middle Ages.
How many pages does The Pagan Middle Ages have?
The Pagan Middle Ages has 160 pages.
Who had the most power in the middle ages?
The Pope did! Many people think the Lords did, but they didn't.
Did a women travel in Middle Ages?
yes a woman did travel in the middle ages
What did Medieval people learn from the bubonic plague?
Many people learnt to become loyal to the wealthy as they were the cleanest people in the middle ages.
What faith we're almost all of the people during the middle ages?
Most of the people in the middle ages had faith in God. When the Black Death came, many lost faith because they thought God should have helped them and saved the faithful people from the Black Death.
