The Significance of St Foy
History: KS3, topic 3.2.3
The Significance of St Foy
Historians can use the stories that people told about saints, like Foy, to learn about the Christian worlds of 500-1000.
What can we learn from this story?
- There are fewer surviving sources from this time period compared to other historical periods.
- For example, written sources about saints, together with buildings, statues and precious objects.
- Historians can learn much about what Christians believed, how they practiced their faith and what it all meant to them in their medieval world.
Test yourself on The Significance of St Foy
Compared with other historical periods, how many sources do we have to learn about the Christian worlds of 500-1000?