Role of the Church

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what 3 categories can the roles of the church be sorted into

social, political, religious

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People’s lives were regulated …

according to the Church’s major ceremonies

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what are the church’s major ceremonies

baptism, confirmation, mass, confession, marriage, funerals all took place in church

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what category is ‘People’s lives were regulated according to the Church’s major ceremonies – baptism, confirmation, mass, confession, marriage, funerals all took place in church’

social

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The church provided … for the elites by encouraging obedience and good behaviour

social control

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The church provided social control for the elites by …

encouraging obedience and good behaviour

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what category is ‘The church provided social control for the elites by encouraging obedience and good behaviour’

social

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Guilds and confraternities offered…

charity and the chance for ordinary people to help their local community

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what category is ‘Guilds and confraternities offered charity and the chance for ordinary people to help their local community’

social

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Parishes raised money to pay for improvements through…

 church-ale festivals

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Parishes raised money to pay for .. through church-ale festivals

improvements

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what were church-ale festivals

involved drinking and various entertainment

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what category is ‘Parishes raised money to pay for improvements through church-ale festivals. These involved drinking and various entertainment’

social

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The church provided the focus for entertainment through the…

seasonal festivals linked to the agricultural calendar

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what category is ‘The church provided the focus for entertainment through the seasonal festivals linked to the agricultural calendar’

social

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Guilds/Fraternities also ran…

almshouses, schools & maintained bridgeswha/highways/sea wallsplaces providing help/shelter for the poor

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what are almshouses

places providing help/shelter for the poor

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what catagory is ‘Guilds/Fraternities also ran almshouses (places providing help/shelter for the poor) and schools and even maintained bridges, highways and sea walls’

social

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Rogation Sunday was a…

community activity to ward off evil spirits

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Rogation Sunday was a community activity to ward off evil spirits. It was a key aspect of…

 local community life and brought many people together

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what category is ‘Rogation Sunday was a community activity to ward off evil spirits. It was a key aspect of local community life and brought many people together’

social

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The church provided … opportunities a

employment

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The church provided employment opportunities and the chance for…

social advancement through promotion

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what category is ‘The church provided employment opportunities and the chance for social advancement through promotion’

social

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Senior churchmen were often employed in…

significant positions of power within the kingdom

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The … , was almost always a member of the church.

chancellor, the highest advisor to the king

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what category is ‘Senior churchmen were often employed in significant positions of power within the kingdom. The chancellor, the highest advisor to the king, was almost always a member of the church’

political

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Abbots, Bishops and Archbishops were members of the …

House of Lords

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what category is ‘Abbots, Bishops and Archbishops were members of the House of Lords’

political

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The Pope was head of both the religious aspect of the church, but was also leader of …

a significant secular state in Northern Italy (The Papal States)

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Senior clergymen were often …

competent and conscientious workers

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what category is ‘The Pope was head of both the religious aspect of the church, but was also leader of a significant secular state in Northern Italy (The Papal States)’

political

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Senior clergymen were often competent and conscientious workers. They also often had …

legal training and administrative experience.

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Senior clergymen were often competent and conscientious workers. They also often had legal training and administrative experience. This made them …

excellent advisors

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what category is ‘Senior clergymen were often competent and conscientious workers. They also often had legal training and administrative experience. This made them excellent advisors’

political

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… , two of Henry VII’s most trusted advisors, were both churchmen

John Morton and Richard Fox

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John Morton and Richard Fox , two of Henry VII’s most trusted advisors, were both…

churchmen

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John Morton and Richard Fox , two of Henry VII’s most … , were both churchmen.

trusted advisors

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what category is ‘John Morton and Richard Fox , two of Henry VII’s most trusted advisors, were both churchmen’

political

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Henry VII sought … before he married Elizabeth of York.

Papal permission

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what category is ‘Henry VII sought Papal permission before he married Elizabeth of York’

political

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Popes had little …

influence over the Church in England

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Henry appointed bishops/ archbishops and used the wealth of the church to …

reward supporters he had given high political office

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what category is ‘Popes had little influence over the Church in England. Henry appointed bishops/ archbishops and used the wealth of the church to reward supporters he had given high political office.’

political

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Late-medieval communities believed prayers made together in church were…

more powerful than those made individually

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what category is ‘Late-medieval communities believed prayers made together in church were more powerful than those made individually’

religious

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During Henry VII’s reign everyone belonged to the …

Catholic Church under the jurisdiction of the Pope

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what category is ‘During Henry VII’s reign everyone belonged to the Catholic Church under the jurisdiction of the Pope. The church was responsible for people’s religious experience’

religious

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Some, including … , believed in the writing of mystics who spread the belief that religion was private and personal communication.

Margaret Beaufort

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Some, including Margaret Beaufort, believed in the …

writing of mystics who spread the belief that religion was private and personal communication

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what category is ‘Some, including Margaret Beaufort, believed in the writing of mystics who spread the belief that religion was private and personal communication’

religious

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People would leave money to the church to establish ….

chantries

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People would … to establish chantries

leave money to the church

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what were chantries

these were set up to say prayers for the soul of the patron to speed their journey to heaven

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what category is ‘People would leave money to the church to establish chantries. These were set up to say prayers for the soul of the patron to speed their journey to heaven.’

religious

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The church offered ways for individuals to acquire…in order to minimise time in purgatory and expedite the journey to heaven

grace

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The church offered ways for individuals to acquire grace in order to …

minimise time in purgatory and expedite the journey to heaven.

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The church offered ways for individuals to acquire grace in order to minimise time in purgatory and expedite the journey to heaven. This was also a …

powerful tool of control.

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what category is ‘The church offered ways for individuals to acquire grace in order to minimise time in purgatory and expedite the journey to heaven. This was also a powerful tool of control’

religious

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Pilgrimage was another means by which people could…

gain relief from purgatory through visiting a religiously significant location

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what category is ‘Pilgrimage was another means by which people could gain relief from purgatory through visiting a religiously significant location’

religious

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To reach heaven it was necessary to…

 observe as many of the seven sacraments as possible.

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what category is ‘To reach heaven it was necessary to observe as many of the seven sacraments (baptism, confirmation, marriage, anointing of the sick, penance, Holy Orders, Eucharist) as possible’

religious

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Religion was focussed around the..

parish (local) church

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there were more than … parish churches around England

8,000

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Mass was the …. The priest would perform the Eucharist. The priest took the bread and wine, the congregation only the bread.

central experience of the Catholic Church

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what category is ‘Mass was the central experience of the Catholic Church. The priest would perform the Eucharist. The priest took the bread and wine, the congregation only the bread’

religion