Henry VIII - Religion, Ideas and Reform

Question 1

Give 3 types of corruption which took place in the Church

Answer 1

• pluralism (receiving the profits of more than one post)
• simony (the purchase of church office)
• non-residence (receiving the profits of a post but not performing the duties associated with it)

Question 2

What is anticlericalism?

Answer 2

Opposition to the political and social importance of the clergy

Question 3

Give an example of monasteries being dissolved before the 1530s

Answer 3

Wolsey dissolved around 20 houses in the 1520s to fund the establishment of Cardinal College in Oxford

Question 4

Can an argument be made that monasticism had lost its sense of direction/ became unfavourable and why or how?

Answer 4

Yes it can because of the speed and ease with which monasteries were dissolved - large monasteries had become substantial businesses with huge resources (land and buildings)

Question 5

Was there a substantial move towards Protestantism following Martin Luther’s attack on the Catholic Church in 1517?

Answer 5

No, although some German reformers had influence in London and east coast ports in the 1520s