How did religious change effect English Culture?

Question 1

what was it like before the reformation?

Answer 1

• Religious change had a large effect on the lang, politics and way of life of Eng
• Before the reformation there was little sense of the English ‘state’ and English Literature was not widely published being seen as inferior to Latin
• popular culture was based mainly around the catholic church and its art/imagery and celebrations

Question 2

Effects of the growing English Nationalism

Answer 2

• Henrys religious change regarding the supremacy led to a new sense of nationalism
• His theory that England was an empire that should rule without outside intervention led to an anti-catholic fear of foreigners
• Anti-cahtolic and Anti-Spanish propaganda under Liz enhanced this feeling as the people saw Elizabeth as their ‘godly queen’

Question 3

Reformation effects on English language

Answer 3

• reformation placed more of an emphasis on the English language
• this is becsuse many protestant refromers encourages the BIble and church services be translated into English

Question 4

People who were influentital in placing emphasis on the english language

Answer 4

• Translators William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale (who produced english editions of the bible in 1529 and 1535 intorduced this to a wider audience
• Scholars/Teachers like Roger Ascham emphasised its use in teaching - leading to English grammars and Dictionaries being published

Question 5

English lang and buisness

Answer 5

• it was at this time that English culture and law became identified with English nationhood
• the use of English became compulory in legal buisness

Question 6

The refromation as a destecutive force

Answer 6

• the end of the catholic church in England meant the end of culture that had lasted hundreds of years

Question 7

Iconoclasm

Answer 7

• Visual tradition stripped away
• Images and statues of saints were destroyed, colourful wall paintings whitewashed over, rood screen s and cruifixes removed

Question 8

After this iconoclasm occured, how did the church differ?

Answer 8

• Instead of learning about Catholicisim visually, congs were expected to listen to sermons. The word of God was seen as much more important

Question 9

Examples of lovely things destroyed

Answer 9

• Wealthy and highly decorated shrines (i.e. Thomas Beckett’s at Canterbury) were destroyed, along with the trad of pilgramage
• Many holy days destroyed, as well as popular medivel traditions like miracle or morality plays, enacting scenes from the bible

Question 10

Summary of whole ting

Answer 10

• Within 50 years, the ref had changed English culture beyond recogniiton
• Tradtional medievel forms of entertainment (art, poetry, music and theatre) were replaced by a culture that emphasised the new protestant religion, English lang anf nation state