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1
Q

Where did Wolsey find a school?

A

Ipswich

2
Q

Why did Renaissance ideas affect English culture after the accession of Henry VIII? [3]

A

Knowledge of classical learning increased
More schools became influenced by humanist ideas of teaching
Henry himself promoted these new ideas

3
Q

Who did Henry choose to produce tombs for his parents and grandparents?

A

Pietro Torrigano

4
Q

Who was more conservative in their architectural taste, Wolsey or Cromwell?

A

Henry

5
Q

Who assisted Henry in reforming the Church between 1532 and 1540

A

Thomas Cromwell and Thomas Cranmer

6
Q

What were the 3 main weaknesses of the Church?

A

Corruption
Anticlericalism
Decline in Monasticism

7
Q

Describe the case of Richard Hunne

A

Found dead in the Bishop of London’s cell in 1514. Court found that the staged self hanging was a cover up for his murder.

8
Q

Who instigated a movement towards Protestantism in 1517

A

Martin Luther

9
Q

When did Cromwell first start dissolving monasteries?

A

1536, where an act of Parliament allowed him to dissolve any small monasteries, with income of less than £200 pa

10
Q

By what month and year had all monasteries in England being dissolved?

A

March 1540

11
Q

Why did the Act of Advancement of True Religion limit the reading of the bible to upper class males

A

To prevent the wrong sorts of people reading the wrong parts of the bible. Passed in 1543