The lives of the people of the Middle Ages revolved around the Church. People, especially women, were known to attend church three to five times daily for prayer and at least once a week for
services, confession, and acts of contrition for repentance. The Church paid no taxes and was

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supported by the people of a town or city. Citizens were responsible for supporting the parish
priest and Church overall through a tithe of ten percent of their income. Tithes paid for baptism
ceremonies, confirmations, and funerals as well as saint's day festivals and holy day festivals
such as Easter celebrations.
The center of a congregation's life in a small-town church or city cathedral was not the altar but
the baptismal font. This was a free-standing stone receptacle/basin used for infant or adult
baptism - often quite large and deep - which also served to determine a person's guilt or
innocence when one was charged with a crime. To clear one's name, a person would submit to an
ordeal in which one was bound and dropped into the font. If the accused floated, it was a clear
indication of guilt: if the accused sank, it meant innocence but the accused would often drown.
Under the reign of the English king Athelstan (r. 924-939 CE), the procedure for the ordeal was
codified as law