Solid but not exactly an every-day worry. Fear of witches then might be like fear of being hit by lightning now. Yeah, it happens, but usually to the friend of your brother's girlfriend's cousin.
Yes, very. It was virtually compulsory to go to church and heresy to go to the wrong church. Queen Elizabeth's sister Queen Mary had many hundreds of people burnt at the stake for heresy.
People had the usual kinds of jobs: providing food, shelter, clothing and entertainment. There were civil servants and teachers and criminals and prostitutes. Although the specific form of the jobs...
um...honestly, they didn't very often. Like, back then, you would keeep little packets of flowers in your pocket, and wave them in front of your nose if someone REALLY smelled bad, cause they only...