society/intellectual and religious ideas Flashcards
How many nobles
50 or 60 men
what did the nobility shrink to by when/why
-42 by 1509
-As Henry reluctant to grant peerages
what did Henry use to keep nobility in check
-bonds and recongnizances, fines of bastard feudalism
what were the gentry
-“greater gentry” immediately below nobility and were expected to assist henry in governing local areas
How did Henry appoint churchmen
-appointed bishops who had legal training and were better administrators than spiritual leaders
-e.g. john moreton, richard fox
Henry appointed fewer higher clergy from what group
-aristocracy
how far did relations with the church change
-relations with the church and pope generally positive
-church remained the centre of communities
who were the lollards
-an anti clerical group who followed john wycliffe
what was humanism during henrys reign
-John colet argued for reforming the church from within
what was education like e.g. how many new grammar schools set up between
-period of widening educational opportunties
-53 new grammar schools set up between 1460 and 1509
what school saw a particular increase in the humanist approach
-magdalen college in oxford
What happened to the art and architecture of churches
-massive amount of building/ rebuilding of parish churches, particularly in gothic style
where did henry approve the gothic style for
-lady chappel at westminister abbey
