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religion, ideas and reform - Coggle Diagram
religion, ideas and reform
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humanism and education
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the schools statutes laid down a curriculum including some works by Erasmus and teaching methods derived from humanist principles
schools like St Pauls and Magdalen college were at the forefront of educational reform and dimly adopted Platonist educational principles, teaching many boys who would later become prominent in the religion and politics of Tudor england
Erasmus was received with enthusiasm in English intellectual circles - he was a friend of Fisher and More - it is important not to exaggerate the importance of Erasmian Humanism as it has quite limited scope and the change stemmed from new religious thinking not scholarly renaissance humanism
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reform of the church
weaknesses
corruption - a range of offences including pluralism (receiving profits of more than one post), simony (receiving profits of a post but not acting out the duties of it)
anticlericalism - opposition to the political or social importance of the Clergy, some common lawyers objected to the influence of canon law and there were objections to the legal privileges of the clergy - there were some instances of clerical misconduct eg the death of Richard Hunne - a London merchant found dead in his cell in the bishop of London's prison, he apparently hanged himself but it was evident that he could not have done it himself
decline of monasticism - the operation of the religious houses was open to criticism - some historians suggested that monasticism was a relic of a bygone age and had lost its sense of direction and that the larger monasteries had become substantial businesses
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