Henry VIII- Church reforms? Flashcards
What does G.R Elton say about the state of the church?
‘The clergy themselves attracted more dislike than love’
Main arguments the church was in need of reform? (7)
**1. Wolsey.
- Falling Enthusiasm.
- South east London.
- Concerns from the church itself.
- Absent bishops.
- Pluralism
- Lutherian ideas**
Main arguments the church was not in need of reform? (7)
1-No dislike of pope
2-High ordination rates.
3-Wills still catholic.
4-Church building projects
5-Chantries, mass continued, payment, social life.
6-Lliterature
7-Educated priests
What is the quote that describes Wolsey and his position within the church?
‘if gold rust, then what will iron do, but if the priest be foul and who we trust, do wonder a common man is it’
What papal positions did Wolsey hold and what did this make him?
- Archbishop of York
- archbishop of Lincoln
- Abbot of St Albam
- Made him a pluralist.
How did Wolsey ignore his vow of celibacy?
-he had fathered children- a daughter and a son who was given a lucrative church living.
What did Wolsey successfully do for the church?
- in 1519 Wolsey visited over 60 religious houses and chapels.
- some 20 small monasteries were dissolved, and their revenues used to fund Cardinal college at Oxford
- One school in Ipswich in 1529
Why could Wolsey not reach archbishop of Canterbury and what did this mean?
- William Warham wouldn’t resign
- pressured the Pope to make him cardinal in 1515.
What did the treaty of London ensure?
-Wolsey would be in his position for life.
Who was Wolsey using in order to fund his lifestyle?
-The church
What was the feeling towards parishioners at this time?
- Low-level clergy respected and little evidence of clerical misconduct
- relationship between priests and parishioners ‘harmonious’
What does it mean that there were high ordination rates?
People wanting to commit to the church and become Clergy
How many people in Devon and Cornwall still left money in their wills?
-57%
How common were disputes over church?
- Uncommon most went to church.
- The local parish church at the centre of peoples lives-
- church building projects- sometimes funded by parishioners.
What was the religious literature created?
-created by the literate ‘the primer’ collection of 37 devotional work editions between 1501-1520
What were examples showing the church was in the centre of peoples lives?
- agricultural activities
- Rogation days
- church Ales.
Examples of a church building project?
-New steeple in Louth Lincolnshire- £305
Were the priests ignorant?
- Limited education
- Bishop Warham visited 260- only 4 ignorant.
What were the notable concerns in South East London?
-Disquiet over tithes.
-Hunne case- ‘murdered by the church’
-Under suspicison of being a heretic but never charged-church is corrupted.
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Show how the enthusiasm for church orders has waned?
-Number of monastaries and nunnery’s smaller.
-Decline of new abbeys, priories and frarities being built
Give an example of a complaint from the church itself
1511- the dean of St Pauls, John Collet preached a sermon accusing the clergy of being greedy and ambitious.
Give an example of an absent bishop?
-Thomas Wolsey did not visit York until 1549.
Pluralism was common-which titles did Thomas Magnus hold?
-East Riding of Yorkshire
-canon at Windsor and Lincon
-Master of St Leonards Hospital York
Master of the college at St Selputure
Who did Scholars at Cambridge largely believe?
Lutherian beliefs.
