Question

If you lived in Iberia during in 1200 A.D., it is likely that your religious devotions would have included: confession praying five times daily meditation a home altar

Answer 1

The correct answers are:

- confession;

- praying five times a day;

In the year 1200, the Iberian Peninsula was divided in religious influence zones. The northern half of it was dominated by the Catholicism, while the southern half was dominated by the Islam.

In the northern half, where the Catholicism was dominant, the people were Catholics, and they were practicing confessions, be it weekly, monthly, or anywhere in between.

In the southern half, where the Islam was in power, lot of people were Muslim and they were practicing the five times praying in a day. But, the majority of the people in this part were not Muslim, and even though in relative secrecy, they were practicing the confessions as they were mostly Catholics.