Continuity and change in religion and culture by 1547

Who would have been familiar to some aspects of the English Church 1547?

Someone who had been alive at the start of H8 reign in 1509

What had largely remained intact?

Hierarchy of the Church

What had there been little attempt to alter?

The interior of churches and services

What did the passing of the Six Articles and the fall of Cromwell 1540 weaken?

The cause of religious reformW

What did services remain to be held in?

Latin

What continued to play an important role in services?

Music

What jurisdiction had been destroyed?

The Pope

Who was a more visible authority figure than the Pope?

King

What had been dissolved?

Monasteries

What had the Popes grip on the English Church been?

Loose

What were falling into ruin?

Many monastic buildings

What was a massive load of resources transferred between and how?

Church to the Crown through the dissolution

What were Parish churches required to possess?

Bibles in English- many didn’t

What had religious culture been influenced by?

Humanism

What did humanism contribute to?

Undermining of the traditional Church

What had happened by the end of H8 reign?

Humanism looked poised to achieve even greater influence

What showed how diverse humanist influence had become?

The undoubted humanism of Catholic martyrs of More and Fisher

What had become firmly entrenched at court and in circles of wealthy/ well educated?

Wider Renaissance culture