1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netSandra Alvarezhttps://www.medievalists.net/author/sandra-alvarez/The Concept of Purgatory in England - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oYALreD8Qs"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/the-concept-of-purgatory-in-england/">The Concept of Purgatory in England</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/the-concept-of-purgatory-in-england/embed/#?secret=oYALreD8Qs" width="600" height="338" title="“The Concept of Purgatory in England” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="oYALreD8Qs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/images15.jpeg227210The notion of purgatory or a third place had great and direct impact on the way people thought because this third place was the immediate destination of the soul after death in the minds of most Christians. People imagined at death that this would be the next form of being.