{"id":5270,"date":"2022-05-02T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2022-05-20T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T12:23:25","slug":"new-simulation-worst-medieval-religious-jobs-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/year-7-history\/new-simulation-worst-medieval-religious-jobs-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"New Simulation: Worst Medieval Religious Jobs in History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/worst_jobs\/index.php?id=yr7-religious\">new simulation<\/a><\/strong> is designed to complement a study of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/Year_7\/Medieval_Religion.php\">Why were people so religious in the Middle Ages?<\/a>&#8220;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-1024x489.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-1024x489.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-2048x979.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screenshot-2022-05-20-at-14.22.52-600x287.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/games\/worst_jobs\/index.php?id=yr7-religious\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new simulation is designed to complement a study of &#8220;Why were people so religious in the Middle Ages?&#8220;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5271,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-year-7-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":420,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/nazi-germany-simulation-undercover-in-the-third-reich\/","url_meta":{"origin":5270,"position":0},"title":"Nazi Germany Simulation: Undercover in the Third Reich!","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"September 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I have just launched a brand new simulation for students of Nazi Germany. 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