Going to Church in Medieval England
Gone Medieval
00:00
What Is a Parish Church?
A parish church is a church which has the Statue of Duty of serving a population in a distinct area of land with boundaries. Everybody within that area Has certain rights in the parish church Even today have the right to be baptized and married and buried for example. This was through tithes in the middle ages Nearly everybody played tithes because those people were engaged in agriculture. Until the late 1936 when it was finally abolished A parish church has this kind of public duty Of serving a particular area And the people of that area have certain duties In relation to going to the church and maintaining it But there were many other churches Like monasteries on the whole We're not parish churches Though some were, some had
Play episode from 05:04
Transcript
