Going to Church in Medieval England
Gone Medieval
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How the Reformation Affects Church Design and Building
Reformers abolish the regular performance of the Mass after about 1560s. The side chapels are no longer used because there's no more veneration of saints They get appropriated by other wealthy local families And the wing areas Are used for burials. In the middle ages You'll have to be pretty wealthy To get a burial in a church After the Reformation When there's plenty of room It means all the farmers in the countryside Can have a big slab And be buried under it on the floor Or a citizen in town churches. So the church is then being used Again in a different way Although it's the same building Fascinating and so who would have staffed a medieval church If we'd
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