Popular religious practices in the Middle Ages included all EXCEPT (1 point) Church sacraments. veneration of saints. daily Bible study. pilgrimages to holy shrines.
Daily Bible study. The first Bibles not handwritten in Latin, e.g. in German or English, were not published until the mid 1500s. Not to mention your typical peasant of the Middle Ages couldn't read. Generally, in the Middle Ages the Bible was regarded as a scientific textbook, advanced, which would be parsed by professionals -- priests and monks -- and interpreted by them for the faithful. The idea that each man should study the Bible himself came in with the Portestant Reformation, as part of its general prescription for a more personal and direct relationship with God.
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