Developments In Education, Art And Architecture

Question 1

What was the impact of the printing press?

Answer 1

Opportunity to read printed material in English
Made books increasingly more affordable to the public
Helped the standardisation of English across the country and proliferation of new ideas.
More critical thinking

Question 2

Why should one not overestimate the spread of literacy across the country?

Answer 2

1560= 92 of 146 gentry of Northumberland could not sign their own names

Question 3

What was created to supplement and enhance widening educational opportunities?

Answer 3

53 new grammar schools were founded between 1460 and 1509

Question 4

Why could the creation of new grammar schools widen the disparity gap?

Answer 4

Provided ample provision for the wealthy, but for the majority , access to eduction depended on where they live.

Question 5

What happened to Cambridge uni ?

Answer 5

Expanded with new colleges, benefitting, in particular, from the generosity of lady Margaret Beaufort who was responsible for the creation of Christ college and St John’s college

Kings college chapel in Cambridge was designed in a gothic perpendicular style= greatest architectural achievement of the age.

Question 6

What was created and symbolised the Tudor power?

Answer 6

Chapel at Westminster abbey was created in a gothic style