Enamelled gold cross showing the Crucifixion, and containing within it a piece of wood believed to come from the True Cross

Religion

‘London ... is so adorned everywhere with churches, that religion and godliness seem to have made a choice of their residence herein.’
William Camden, historian and herald, 1586

After the introduction of Christianity to England in the late 500s, the Roman Catholic Church became central to medieval people’s lives.

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