Read this section of the Medieval Pilgrimage website
and make a copy of the text on your laptop and then answer the
following questions:
What are relics and why were they important to medieval
people?
What were the two different type of relics? (detailed
explanation needed) and give examples of each. You should also
be able to use examples from our recent trip to Albi available
or St Sernin
Why did so many relics arrive in churches all over Europe
after the 8th
century?
Why were bodily relics considered to be so important by
medieval people?
Which three arguments did Thomas Acquinas use to justify the
worship of relics? Own words important here.
Why was it very difficult to check whether medieval relics
were real of not?
How might a medieval church justify stealing a relic?
What is a reliquary? Why were so many new reliquaries made
after the 13th century? Why did churches spend so much money
on making magnificent reliquaries?
How might grateful pilgrims thank a saint for a miraculous
event?
At Canterbury cathedral there is a stained glass window
that tells the story of Sir Jordan Fitz- Eisulf. Why do you
think the church had the window made?
(Above) St
Thomas appears from above spreading the plague amongst the
family of Fitz-Eisulf.
