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CH 6. RELIGION (THE CHURCH - Functions and Churchmen (Under VII, all…
CH 6. RELIGION
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HUMANISM
HUMANISM: Development of the renaissance of the 14th century, rediscovery of Latin/Greek texts, demonstrating errors that had crept into translations of the Bible over the years! Humanists were Catholic
Scholars (Colet, More, Erasmus), critical of abuses of the Church, wanted to use New Learning to bring about reform!
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Humanism had little impact under VII - intellectual life dominated by traditional medieval philosphy
SUMMARY...
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Church fulfilled functions, little dissent (BUT some Lollardy)
"The institutions of the English church in the early 16th century DO NOT APPEAR to have been in urgent need of radical reform" - Harper-Bill
Slow cultural change, would not be felt until Henry VIII
RELIGIOUS ORDERS
MONASTIC ORDERS
900 monasteries, housing 1% of adult male population that were monks
Benedictians - oldest order, Houses in Durham, also operated as catherdral churches in their diocese - other houses included Augustinians, Cistercians etc
Monasteries provided education, medical treatment and charity to the local community (and accommodation to those on pilgrimage)
FRIARS
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Not closed orders (unlike more exclusive monasteries), members worked among local community!
BOTH supported by large charitable donations (good way for the rich to ensure they spent less time in purgatory!) - monasteries estimated to own 1/3 all English land!
ARTS/LEARNING
EDUCATION
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New grammar schools introduced due to charitable donations, BUT only those who lived nearby benefitted = benefits middle class only!
UNIS: Oxbridge, classics education
Vii's mother Margaret Beufort expands Cambridge with establishment of 2 new colleges (Chirst's and St Johns)
DRAMA/MUSIC
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Mystery Plays at Corpus Christi - important festive occassions including churches, corporations and guilds, provided strong moral/religious messages
Music - Eton Choirbook, contained 93 compositions of the period - 2 composers (Brownse and Fayrfax) political figures, benefitted from patronage of Margaret Beaufort and VII himself!
Music was mainly religious, but some wealthy households had musicians perform secular music occassionally
ART/ARCHITECTURE
Gothic perpendicular style of northwestern Europe, seen in churches built at the time. Indication of large scale of investments!
NEW INDUSTRY: PRINTING - concentrated on producing traditional medieval texts , including chibalric romances/adaptions of saint's lives! BUT by end of VII's reign, HUMANIST literature becoming more readily available