How common was atheism in early to late medieval Europe

by Dobrie

Religion was a very important aspect to medieval Europe and many conflicts only occurred due to differences in religious beliefs. Even though the influence religion held over people at the time was very important I can’t imagine everyone believed it.

I would assume some lords “believed” whatever religion they must to continue to hold the power they had acquired from birth. I haven’t done a lot of reading on the subject however so correct me if I’m wrong.

Snipahar

Hi Dobrie,

You may be interested in this previous question answered by /u/mikedash.

You may also want to check out the AskHistorians Podcast Episode 151: "Medieval Atheism" with Keagan Brewer.