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Henry VII religious ideas Flashcards

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Religion of England during H7?

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Catholic- under jurisdiction of Pope

Mass was said for Pope but what was more important was the individual religious experience

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How many parish churches were there?

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8000

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How did the church provide entertainment?

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Festivals provided much needed enjoyment

Charity work allowed for ordinary people to contribute to the good of their local community

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Define Erastian?

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In H7 reign the state was believed to have control over the church, therefore the Pope did little to intervene

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How did Henry use the wealth of the church?

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To reward churchmen to whom he had given high political office

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How was the COE administered?

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Through two provinces Canterbury and York- each under the jurisdiction of a bishop and 17 dioceses

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Most powerful church men?

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Richard Fox and John Morton

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Abbot?

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Head of wealthiest religious

Shared membership in the House of Lords with Bishops

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Qualities of an abbot?

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Had to have a range of management and administrative skills to keep their complex organisations running effectively

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What did the Church provide?

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A framework for how an individual should think, reason and behave

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What did the church in religious terms offer?

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Various ways by which an individual could acquire grace in order to reach heaven and minimise the time a soul would spend in purgatory

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7 sacraments?

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Baptism
Confirmation
Marriage
Anointing the sick
Penance
Holy Orders
Eucharist
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What did 7 sacraments help?

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A person to reach heaven

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What did mass involve?

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Climax was priest consecrated the bread and wine- body and blood of Christ- transubstantiation
Priest consumed both bread and wine

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Why was mass important?

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Sacrifice performed by the priest on behalf of the community
Ritual in which the whole community participated
Importance of Corpus Christi- Catholic feast

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How did lay people invest in the church?

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Paid for the rebuilding of churches
Paid for the objects used in the ceremonies
Dying would leave money to church

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Purpose of the dying leaving money to the Church?

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Enhance beauty of worship
Ensure remembrance of benefactor
Reduce time benefactor would spend in purgatory

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Function of a chantry?

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Say prayers on behalf of the dead- role of priest to intervene with God on behalf of an individual

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Confraternity?

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Men and sometimes women who gathered together to provide collectively for funeral costs of members
Pay for chaplains at Masses for their members
Help maintain church fabrics

20
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Method of raising money for church?

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Church-ale festivals - involved drinking and a range of entertainments. Ales made and donated to the event were the chief drink

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What was a Pilgrimage?

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A journey to a place of religious devotion- Could involve visiting the tomb of a saint or a shrine building
Method of gaining relief from Purgatory

22
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Simpler form of pilgrimage?

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Rogation Sunday- walking around the parish boundaries to pray for protection, carrying banners and the parish cross to ward off evil spirits and reinforce parish property

23
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Where was individual religious experience emphasised?

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In writing of mystics- believed in the personal communication of an individual with God- shown through Henry’s mother who piety was reflected in her widespread donations to Cambridge

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What percent of adult males were monks?

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1%

25
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How many religious communities were there?

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900

26
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Monks in larger houses?

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From wealthier aspects of society

Monks predominately recruited from their own localities

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3 types of Friars?

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Augustinians, Franciscans and Dominicans

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Significance of Friars?

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Harper bill argued that the great day of Friars was over

29
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Lollards?

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Placed stress on understanding the Bible and therefore favoured its translation into English
Sceptical of transubstantiation and Eucharist
Considered the Catholic church as corrupt

30
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Influence of Lollards?

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Lost significance after failed uprising in 1414
Less in numbers
Lost intellectual coherence
Geographically restricted

31
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When did Erasmus first visit England?

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1499

32
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How did Erasmus want to reform Christianity?

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Emphasis on education

Rejection of some of Church’s traditional ceremonies

33
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Influence of humanism in H7 reign?

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Had little influence

Intellectual life continued to be dominated by traditional medieval scholastic philosophy

34
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How many new grammar schools were founded?

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53

35
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Who received education?

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There was ample provision for wealthy, access to education depended on where you lived

36
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What was central to grammar school curriculum?

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Latin

English was a by product to Latin

37
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University education?

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Cambridge and Oxford

Cambridge in this period has vast expansions- Henry’s mothers contributions

38
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Most important art?

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Drama
Plays at church-ale festivals- included religious and moral messages
Troops of players toured the country sponsored by the nobility

39
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How was music enjoyed?

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Bag pipes and wind groups
Bawdy drinking songs
Carols for Christmas
Music was performed at houses of wealthy and at court

40
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Eton Choirbook?

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Collection of 93 compositions

41
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Architecture of church buildings?

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Gothic perpendicular style

Large windows- emphasis on vertical lines

42
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Example of gothic perpendicular style?

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H7 approved this style for Lady Chapel at Westminster Abbey

43
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Willam Caxton?

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Founder of printing press 1478

44
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What did Caxton print?

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Chivalric romances and adaptations of saint lives
Became less popular around the time of Henry’s death when humanism was gaining influence and Erasmus was becoming more popular

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