Henry VIII Flashcards
Renaissance meaning
Very progressive and wanting to revive and focus on things like art literature and science.
French way of ruling
Absolutism/Salic law
English way of ruling
First among the equals
Anti Cleracilism
People against the church who thought it was corrupt
Enclosure
Rounding up lots of fields for the purpose of grazing sheep.
Privy Chamber
Henrys closest friends
Ecclesiastical
To do with church matters
Pluralism
Having more than one job
Simony
Selling your job in the church to someone else
Nepotism
Giving a promotion only becuase someone is a family member
Avantious
Greed for wealth
Purgatory
Space between heaven and hell where Catholics go when they have sinned a little to get purified via chantry
Chantry
Pray for people who are in purgatory so they get into heaven faster.
Tithings
You have to pay a tenth of your income to the church
Traditionalist view on reformation of the church? A.G. Dickens
Does need reforming