HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Pope Leo X, Babylonian Captivity, Anti-Clericalism
Document Summary
Monarch is head of the church as well as the state. Attempts to try to control the church of england but in most part they were a part of the. Henry the 7th house of the tudor. 1485 brought to the thrown a very conventional king spent heavily on the church. 1500 english church was very confident and secure. England was known for their monks and religious houses being very rich. This enormous wealth had an effect on the english church. Got into a lot of trouble founded a school. The church was dominated by one man who doesn"t follow the highest calling cardinal. Henry the 8th was lazy and let wolsey to do all the work and was the king"s chancellor. 1520"s england is known for its mediocrity no great examples of virtue and goodness. Kind of attacks against the ecclesiastical order started to weaken the structure.
