Henry VII - Religion Flashcards

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What was the religion of England and who’s jurisdiction was in under?

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-Catholicism -The Pope in Rome

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How many parish churches were there?

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Over 8,000

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What were guilds and confraternities?

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Voluntary associations of individuals treated to promote works of christian charity and devotion

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How did the Church help social and political elites stay in control?

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-Encouraged good behaviour and obedience -Stressed the values of community

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What opportunity did the Church provide for Cardinal Wolsey?

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The opportunity for social advancement through the attainment of high office in Church and state

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What was the relationship between the Church and the state?

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Erastian

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How many provinces were there and who controlled them?

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-2, York and Canterburry -Archbishops

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How many diocese were there and who controlled them?

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-17 -Bishops

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What did senior clergy often do?

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Participate in politics

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Which two churchmen had the most political influence?

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John Morton and Richard Foox

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Which office was dominated by clergymen?

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Chancellor

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Which clergymen were members of the house of lords?

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Abbots and bishops

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What were the seven sacraments?

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-Baptism -Confirmation -Marriage -Anointing of the sick -Penance -Holy Orders -Eucharist

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Why was mass important?

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-It was a sacrament performed by the priest on behalf of the community -It was a sacred ritual in which the whole community participated

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Why did benefactors leave money ro chantries?

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-To benefit their religious experience -To benefit the religious experience of the community

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What king of things did confraternities pay for?

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-funerals -paying chaplains -maintaining church fabric -charitable donations

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What sort of things did the wealthier confraternities do?

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-Ran schools -Maintained bridges, highways and sea walls -rebuilt church spires

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Why did people go on pilgrimages?

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To gain relief from purgatory

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What was the most popular pilgrimage site?

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The tomb of Thomas Becket at Canterbury

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Why were pilgrimages so common?

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They were accesible because there were many pilgrimage sites

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What happened on Rogation Sunday?

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The community would walk round the parish boundaries to pray for its protection

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What does Rogation Sunday show?

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The importance of the parish as the key focus of local community for ordinary people

25
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what percentage of adult males were monks?

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0.01

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How many monasteries and nunneries were there?

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750

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What was the oldest and most common religious order?

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The Benedictines

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Where were a large proportion of the monks in the larger religious houses drawn from?

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The wealthier parts of society

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What did friars do?

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They worked among lay people

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How were friars payed?

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Largely by charitable donations

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What were the three main orders of friars?

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-The Dominicans -The Franciscans -The Augustinians

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Where were friars recruited. from in the social scale?

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Lower down than large monasteries

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How wealthy were nunneries?

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Most were relatively poor

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Who populated nunneries?

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Women who were deemed unsuitable for marriage

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Who founded lollardy?

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John Wycliffe

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When did lollardy emerge?

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14th century

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What were lollard beliefs?

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-Stressing understanding of the bible and favouring its translation into English -Sceptical of transubstantiation and the eucharist and considered the Catholic Church corrupt -Denying the special status of priests

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Where did lollardy mainly exist?

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The south of England

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How were lollard views considered?

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Heresy

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When did lollardy loose popularity?

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After a failed lollard rising in 1414

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When was the burning of heretics introduced to English law?

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1401

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What usually motivated significant busts of anti clericalism?

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politics