A Early church Flashcards
Thomas more 1516
Utopia - fictional island to show up corruption and abuses
Simon fish 1529
Supplication of the beggars - attack on clergy corruption
Erasmus 1515
In praise of folly - satire against church & clergy
Colets sermon 1511
Attacked church abuses and clergy= unduly ambitious
Absenteeism
Eng bishops did not reside in their diocese. IE. Wolsey did not visit York until his fall from power 14 yrs later
Pluralism
Many clergy holding numb of church offices at same time IE Thomas Magnus had 10 diff roles
Simony
Selling/buying church offices
State of monastries
Not in decline in terms of numbers or spiritual well being - popular & charitable institutions - centre of religious veneration - opposition 1520s = limited
Hunne case 1514
Suspicion of heresy found dead in church cell - 1 clergyman 2 gaolers = church looking after their own
Standish Case 1516
Friar standish backed by parliament against benefit of clergy
Lollards
Little support. Persecuted between 1511-12. Underground heretical group 1520s. Inspired by wycliffe (wrote eng vernacular bible, denounced headship of church & rejected transub)
Lutheranism
German heresy. Some support inc Cranmer but minimal. None of nobility = lutheran = loyal to crown
Church building
Evesham abbey bell tower 1524-32 - beautification. Church steeple in louth = £305
Catholic literature
Popular books. Witford A Work for Householders = handbook of practising Catholicism at home 1530s
Evidence of wills
Scarisbrick studied 2500 wills 1500-50 = significant amount people contributed to church
