Reformation of the chruch

• cause 1 of reformation: wider anticleracalism

  • opposition to the political and social importance of the clergy
  • some lawyers objected to the influence of canon law and legal privilages of the clergy
  • clerical misconduct
• richard hunne case - 1511

  • march 1511 hunne reviews to pay the standard mortuatry fee due to death of his child, the fee usually contains the babies christening robe
  • tension between hunne and church rose and eventually hunne was arrested for hersey 1514
  • he was found hanging in his cell on 4th december 1514 but there are many theories iabout if he was tourtured
  • horsey chancellor of bishop of london went free eventhoug possible involvment
• how did/didnt hunne case cause reforms

  caused reforms: believe he was tourtured and gone wrong henry ordered his attorney general to see the cae was dissmiissed, horsey went free but parliment became more involved

  didnt cause reforms: the length of time between case and start oof break from rome ,
• simon fish case

  • 1529 - the supplication of the beggars
  • 16 page pamphlet accused roman catholic church of evrything from murder to treason
  • his two principle arguments contests the existence of purgatry and scale of indulgences
  • fish pamphlet cries out to the kings behald of the poor and accusers roman catholic church and its clergy increasing their minisries
• did/ didnt the pamphlet cause reforms

  • did: showing more support for public critisisms, tithes- stealing even fromm poor widows stir up the population
  • didnt: the crown wanted to stir up, occasional disputes over tides and other causes of concern
• early english protestism

  • substantial movment after Luthers attack from 1517
  • lollards beliefs survived
  • german reformers in London and east coast ports in 1520s met in the White horse in cambridge so scolars could discuss religous reofrms
  • future reformers met for religous discuss
  • robert barnes and thomas bailey banders heretics
  • cramner also apart of the group
• did/ didnt early english protestism cause reforms


  did: ideas were spreading in intellecutal groups

  didnt: committed evangelicialism with fairly thin, still considered heretical ideals
• influential individuals

  • anne bolyen - in france finds protestants ideas and debates religon with henry
  • cromner - arch of cantonbury
  • Cromwell- the dissolution of the monsatres
• did/didnt the infuential individuals 


  did: encourage henry and play to desries

  didnt: ultimatly henry desiion
• increasinf hny political and financial power

  • henry could've made decision therefore granting his annulment
  • improve his finances
  • go back home the supreme head of the church in england
• did/didnt the increase of henrys finanical an political power cause reforms

  • did: trigfered him to push reforms
  • didnt: wouldnt affect everyone