Christianity in Britain – Politics, Chance and Providence

Church for most medieval people on average, based on Professor Hutton’s research from Bristol University, suggests that only when there was a spectacle a few times a year would people go to take part in Sunday service.
Despite lack of ritual in attending church on Sunday, the Church would enforce an inescapable regulation upon the public – church-goes or not. The church controlled, influenced and regulated what people did during their day as much as they did in their own bed, according to an explanation by Dr Foot of Sheffield University. Birth to death, cradle to grave, it remained that from inception the Church ruled and proved to be the passport to heaven or hell based on whether they were your friend or foe.