Popular Attitudes to Catholicism (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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Purgatory in Catholic belief
Purgatory in Catholic belief
Place where souls spent time punished for sins after death
Indulgences
Indulgences
Documents that reduced time a soul would spend in purgatory
Chantries
Chantries
Small chapels where priests prayed for benefactor's soul
Most famous English shrine
Most famous English shrine
Shrine of St Thomas Becket at Canterbury
Elizabeth Barton's fate (1534)
Elizabeth Barton's fate (1534)
Executed for treason after prophesying Henry's death
A.G. Dickens's view of Catholic Church
A.G. Dickens's view of Catholic Church
Church was corrupt & reform inevitable
Revisionist historians' view (Duffy, Rex, Haigh)
Revisionist historians' view (Duffy, Rex, Haigh)
Church was popular; reform imposed from above
Royal Supremacy
Royal Supremacy
Principle that monarch, not pope, was head of English Church
Thomas Cromwell's role
Thomas Cromwell's role
King's vicegerent (deputy) in religious matters
Ten Articles (1536)
Ten Articles (1536)
Moderate Protestantism, kept some Catholic practices