The social impact of religious upheaval

What there little sign of at the start of H8 reign?

Fundamental changes to the English Church

What were there some complaints about?

Worldliness of the clergy

What has the Church fulfilled the requirements of?

The bulk of the people to whom it ministered

What had there been improvements of in the early 16th century?

Quality of the clergy

What had Wolsey used the money from redundant monasteries for?

Using endowments for religious purposes

What major change took place in the Catholic Church in the 1530s?

H8 broke with Rome and became head of new English Church

Who got executed for denying the royal supermacy?

Sir Thomas More

What were monasteries an important feature of?

The appeal of pre-reformation church

When did Cromwell’s dissolution of monasteries begin?

1536

What did Cromwell’s injunctions of 1536 attack?

Traditional practices of Catholicism such as holy days, pilgrimages and the veneration of relics

What did the royal injunctions provoke fears of?

Reforms may be accompanied by an attack on parish churches

What was the most important consequence of the dissolutions?

Lincolnshire uprising and the pilgrimage of grace

What were the long-lasting social consequences of the religious upheaval

Huge amount of land removed from the church and taken by the crown- expensive of foreign policy led to widespread sale of Church and monastic property

Many monasteries had been noted for their educational provision- with demise most monastic schools were lost

Many monks and nuns were rendered unemployed- some monks became secular priests or received pensions- position of nuns was precarious

Monasteries played a considerable role in communities- offered employment and business opportunities- dissolution seen as potential disaster and some communities tried to protect their monasteries