MARY ART CULTURE INTELLECTUALISM AND HUMANISM

What was the influence of humanism like under Mary?

very little

What was Mary’s catholicism like?

very traditional, very medieval, not reforming like the post 1545 council of trent catholicism which was trying to modernise itself in the face of challenges from lutheranism and humanism

Why was Mary so traditional?

Mary was brought up by her mother on a pre counter reformation catholic theology

How was Maryy’s court seen?

very backwards and did not atract any intellectuals of the day

Was Pole’s governance of the church influenced by humanism

not at all

What happened to catholicism under mAry?

bcame less intellectual and more basic due to the aim of cnveting England back to Rome after the reign of Edward

What did the list of prohibited books ban?

anything that was humanist (similar to Roman index of prohibited books)

What happened to printing presses?

went abroad or underground as they were often owned by Protestants, so no new presses to print new material

How did the brevity of mary’s reign impact culture?

catholicism waas never fully established and accession of Elizabeth allowed protestant humanists to establish their ideas

What did William Whittingham do?

translate the Bible while in generva but this wa viewed with suspicion later by Elizabeth as it was too puritan

What did Foxe do whilst in exile?

in Strasbourg collecting accounts of the burnings for his book of martyrs which was published in 1563

What did Protestant exiles do?

sent back lots of literature to England

What were the two new books of homilies?

one from Bonner one from Pole

Despite the disagreement with the Pope what did Pole promote?

the papa; supremacy

What happened as pope Paul IV regarded Erasmus as a heretic?

mary saw him as a heretic also

What did Riger Edgeowrth publish?

a collection of cathoic xermons known as ‘sermons very fruitful’