Church in 1529 Flashcards
1
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what was the Church’s religious role?
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- prayers for dead
- priests as intermediaries, confessions
- 7 sacraments
- pilgrimage to show faith
2
Q
what was the Church’s social role?
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- places of refuge
- wealthy, recieved gifts
- collected taxes, income from land and money to Rome
- Church courts- fine for non attendance
- social control over country
3
Q
what was the Church’s political role?
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- church law= canon law
- churchmen= royal advisors
- abbots and bishops in House of Lords
4
Q
what was Wolsey’s role in the church?
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- principle advisor to King
- Chancellor= legal system authority
- Cardinal= select Pope
- Archbishop of York= 2nd most important
- Legatus a Latere= acted on behalf of Pope
5
Q
what was anti- clericalism?
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- clergy abusing position in power
- simony, nepotism, absenteeism
- mortuary fees
6
Q
what are some examples of anti- clericalism?
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- Cardinal Wolsey personified many of these issues
- behaviour of the clergy–> not upholding chastity, lazy, greedy, uneducated
7
Q
what did Simon Fish do?
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- 1529 identified issues in church and blamed Henry
- wrote A Supplication for the Beggers
- strong dislike for the church
8
Q
who was Richard Hunne?
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- baby died and refused to pay mortuary fees
- church searched and arrested for Lollard bible
- killed in prison, framed as suicide
9
Q
what were the key beliefs of the Lollards?
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- Consubsation (no miracle)
- Bible in English
- Predestination- no need for priest as intermediary
10
Q
what was the impact and threat of Lollardy?
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- 16th century was a secret underground groups
- labelled as heresy so fear
- not a big threat as small and being stamped out
11
Q
what were the key beliefs of the Lutherans?
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- 1517 Luther- 95 thesis church door
- abuses of clergy, abolition of papacy and new Protestant church
- Henry as head
- no need for Priest as intermediary
- salvation by faith not good works and grounded in scripture
12
Q
who else supported Lutheranism?
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- Tynsdale- english scholar who wrote Obedience of a Christian Man
- called for Monarch to be the head of the church
- english bible for all
13
Q
what was the impact and threat of Lutheranism?
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- Henry used ideas to justify head of the church to get divorce
- But not for religious reform
- Cromwell and Cranmer saw royal supremacy as first step to a Protestant Church in England
14
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what were the key beliefs of the Humanists?
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- educated upper echolons
- called for retranslation of bible, re- understand
- purify religion from errors
- not challenge Catholocism
15
Q
who supported Humanism?
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- Erasmus- Dutch monk translated the Bible–> Praise of Folly 1511- criticising behaviour of Catholic priests
- Thomas More- Utopia in 1516- argues for State control of canon law
- Colet- Dean of St. Paul’s- told clergy to ‘put their house in order’ 1511
