3 - the church & its condition under wolsey

Question 1

legatus a latere

Answer 1

highest position in the English Church

Question 2

pluralism

Answer 2

holding multiple positions within the church

Question 3

Hunne Case

Answer 3

arrested by the church authorities & was later found dead, the Church was blamed for his death

Question 4

How did Wolsey represent all that was wrong with the church?

Answer 4

• pluralist
• absentee
• not a monk but was still abbot of the richest abbey, St Albans
• fathered children despite vow of celibacy

Question 5

Standish Affair

Answer 5

where Friar Standish attacked privileges of the clergy & was unpopular with bishops -> led to debate about the power of the church & state

Question 6

praemunire

Answer 6

a law that made the introduction of any papal law into the country illegal

Question 7

support for the English church

Answer 7

• little evidence that the Pope was unpopular (unlike in Germany)
• clergy at local level were respected
• little evidence of clerical misconduct
• ordination rates remained high
• only evidence of disquiet over tithes in the south-east
• Church calendar supported rural activities (eg. festivals & Church ales)
• visitation results found few priests were ignorant
• large amounts of literature bought in urban areas (eg. ‘The Primer’, a collection of devotional works)
• large scale building projects continued
• most still left money in their wills to the Church
• founding of chantries
• parishioners contributed towards the purchase of images
• continued support for religious guilds (57% of people in Devon & Cornwall who made wills left money to them, 1520-29)
• many of absent bishops were on state business & appointed suffragans

Question 8

concerns about the English Church

Answer 8

• most noticeable in south-east & London
• some complaints from within Church itself (eg. 1511 -> Dean of St Paul’s, John Colet, accused clergy of being greedy & ambitious in a sermon)
• some absent bishops (eg. Wolsey didn’t visit York until 1529) despite appointing suffragans
• pluralism was common

Question 9

Thomas Magnus’ roles (example of pluralist)

Answer 9

• Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire
• canon at Windsor & Lincoln
• Master of St Leonard’s Hospital York
• Master of the College of St Sepulchre & Sibthorpe College
• vicar of Kendal
• rector of Bedale, Sessay & Kirby

Question 10

Lollardy

Answer 10

proto-Protestant Christian religious movement