History A-Level
Popular religion and piety
What Popular religion and piety means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Popular religion and piety
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Lay devotion driven by the Church's central spiritual role in securing salvation, expressed through chantry chapels and lay religious guilds.
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