religious ideas and reform Flashcards

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diff between renaissnce ideas in h7 and h8

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floruished more in elite groups in h8 -
- h8 encouraged thinkers such as More and Erasmus
- universisties had humanist influences on their curriculum
- saw himself as a promoter of new ideas and humanism

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who assisted henry in church reform from 32-40

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archbishop cramner and thomas cromwell

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what was the major church reform between 1532-40

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  • break from papacy
  • estb henry as supreme head of church
  • dissolved monasteries
  • alterred church doctrine and practices
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corruption in the church (2)

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plurality - recieving profits from more than one post

non-residence - recieveing profits from a post but not being present to perform duties

wolsey was THAT corrupt bitch
crown used church offices as a way of rewarding officials who were clergymen

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Define and explain anti clericalism (2)

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opposition to political and social importance of the clergy
- weakness of the church (lawyers had objected to its influence)
- clerical misconduct that recieved lots of criticism - Richard Hunne’s murder that had been made to look like a suicide - merchant who had tried to use English law to challenge churches authority

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how were the monasteries already dissolving in the 1520s

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Wolsey dissolved 20 to fund the estb of Cardinal College Oxford

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why do some historians argue that monasteries had changed in direction by the 1520s

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larger monasteries had become similar to businesses with huge resources (land and buildings)

makes sense why they dissolved so speedily

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some historians argue that many reformists started shaping royal policy from 1529 but how can this be evaluated

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two of the most influential men were against reform so much that they died due to it
- sir Thomas more
- bishop fisher

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what were 3 major changes to the churches structure

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  • Henry as supreme head
  • Cromwell was appointed by Henry to be second to the king - outranked arch bishops and gave him considerable power to the church (vice-regent in spirituals)
  • six new dioceses created (areas under the jurisdiction of a bishop) to improve church administration
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what did Henry appoint Cromwell as and when

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1534 as Vice regent in spirituals which meant he outranked archbishop Cramner and was most important man in church besides Henry

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what Began the disillusionment of the monasteries

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Cramners 1535 survey that discovered how wealthy they were !!

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what were the 7 stages that led to the disillusionment of the monasteries

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  • 1535 crammers survey on their wealth
  • amassing evidence on why they were corrupt and weak to justify plundering them
  • enough evidence for 1536 parliament act to dissolve the smaller ones (£200 income or less)
  • they made it come across as a mechanism for preserving them and improving quality
  • scope widened after pilgrimage of grace due to the heads surrendering to crown
  • act to dissolve all by 1539
  • all gone by 1540
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when were all monasteries dissolved by

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1540 - a year after the act allowed all of them to be dissolved

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what were the two acts that dissolved the monasteries

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1536 act to dissolve smaller ones with income of £200 or less

1539 to dissolve remaining ones

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4 key dates for attack on traditional religious practices

(injunctions etc)

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1536 set of royal injunctions

1538 second set of royal injunctions

1539 first edition of great bible

1543 act for advancement of true religion( so only upper class men could read it)

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what did the 1536 injunctions do

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encouraged more moral conduct

place a restriction on number of holy days and discouraged pilgrimages

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what did the 1538 injunctions do

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condemned pilgrimages and veneration of relics and images forced the clergy who had upheld it to recant

veneration means reverence of a religious object

each parish church to acquire English bible

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what did the first English bible have Henry doing

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title page offering the word of god to Cramer and the bishops and Cromwell and the politicians

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why did Henry restrict access to the English bible to only upper class men with the 1543 act for the advancement of true religion

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because social control was loosening
- increasing deviance and different opinions

20
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what were the four key dates of changes to doctrine

doctrine that changed sacraments etc

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1536 ten articles
1537 bishops book
1539 six articles
1543 kings book which was a revised bishops book

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1536 ten articles

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only 4 sacraments necessrary
ambiguous document that had eucharist as ambiguous and catholic confession praised

22
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bishops book (when and what)

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1537
restored four sacraments but they still had a lower status
- more conservative doc than ten articles a year earlier

23
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when and what were the six articles and two impacts

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1539
reasserted catholic doctrine and to deny transubstantiation was heretical

  • triumph for conservatives who thought there had been to much change
  • two reforming bishops reigned their posts