The work due for today is… FLIP LEARNING TASK: Go back to your extract from the beginning of the economy lesson and highlight the arguments based on whether they are convincing or not. What is religion? Create a fact file or poster on Christianity (mainly Catholicism) . It should cover the following: Beliefs -structure/hierarchy Services What is humanism? The work due for today is…

Overall, how convincing is this extract??? Now that we have all the evidence, look back at the extract from the beginning of the lesson…. Fifteenth-century England was much more regionalised than it is today. England was still overwhelmingly an agrarian (i.e. farming) country for nine tenths of the people lived more or less directly from the land. Probably no greater proportion of the population lived in the towns than in Anglo-Saxon times. By 1500 the cloth industry, England’s major industry, possibly employed 30,000 people, or about 1.3 per cent of the population, full-time. Although it provided part-time work for a great many more people to support peasant agriculture, it was still insignificant as compared with the contribution of agriculture to the national economy. The harvest was the harsh, fundamental fact of life. In a ‘normal’ decade about one harvest in every four would be, in some degree, deficient, one in six really bad. This caused price fluctuations so violent as to be almost inconceivable even these days. Highlight in two different colours all the arguments that are convincing in one colour and all those that aren’t in a different one. Overall, how convincing is this extract???

What is religion??? TASK: Add to your answer in green pen based on the discussion. the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods

How far did the intellectual and religious ideas develop and change under Henry VII ? Good learning: Describe what Catholicism was like during the fifteenth/sixteenth century Great learning: Explain why the Catholic Church was so powerful Even better: Evaluate how much criticism the church faced and the impact this had. Key Word: Purgatory Relics How far did intellectual and religious ideas change and develop and with what effects?

What was Catholicism like in the fifteenth century? For your homework you were asked to create either a fact file or a poster on Christianity (mainly Catholicism) which looked at their beliefs, structure and services. Its now time to make sure you have a good understanding of this, but also to add in any elements about the fifteenth century which you might have missed. TASK: Read through the bullet points on pages 5 and 6 of the textbook (and also use the diagram too). Add in any information you might have missed about the beliefs, structure and services. You will need to do this in green pen.

What is Catholicism? Only the most saintly could expect to go straight to heaven. Those who had committed some sins, but not mortal sins (so most people) could expect to go to Purgatory after death. There they would be ‘purged’ of their sin by fire and torment. However, once they had been purified, their soul would then ascend to heaven. Those who had committed mortal sins could expect to go to hell for all eternity. You could get time off Purgatory by doing the following: Take the sacrament of Mass Do good works (e.g. charity/give money to the church) Repent your sins Go on a pilgrimage Have people pray for your soul Intercession of the Saints Acquire relics TASK: Using the information you have been given, add any information you might have missed in green pen.

What is Catholicism? MacCulloch on the Mass: TASK: MacCulloch on praying for the souls of the dead: “It was a marvellous way of uniting the dead and living in mutual aid, to make the barrier seem not wider than that between a congregation and the carved figures in the roodloft, as well as giving the community of the living a sense of mutual responsibility and concern. It gave people a sense that they had some control over death, before which humanity has always stood baffled and powerless” Why were prayers for the dead so important? MacCulloch on the Mass: “They see it as a representation, or perhaps dramatic re-creation, of the last supper which Jesus Christ ate with his disciples before his arrest and death. From the Church’s earliest days it has been a way to break down the barrier between the physical and the spiritual, between earth and heaven, death and life. It involves objects made by human beings and therefore part of everyday society: bread and wine, food and drink, which bring earthly joy and which indeed are fraught with danger because they can be enjoyed too much…The Eucharist became a drama linking Christ to his followers, pulling them back to his mysterious union with the physical world and his conquest of the decay and dissolution of the physical in death. It was such a sacred thing that the laity dared approach the Lord’s table on very infrequently, perhaps once a year at Easter, otherwise leaving the priest to take the bread and the wine while they watched in reverence.” What can you learn about the importance of the Mass from this extract? TASK: Using the information you have been given, add any information you might have missed in green pen.

Exchange your information with the other side How powerful was the Catholic Church? The basic answer is very! This was due to its various roles both with in the political sphere and the community too. To try and understand what the role of the church was each table is going to be split into two and asked to focus on either the role of the church and churchmen (political) and the other side the role in the community. TASK: Read through your information carefully and then using the play-doh and the sheet of paper explain the role the church had in each area. You will only be allowed a maximum of 30 words on your sheet. Role of the church and churchmen will need hand out, other side will need textbook pages 6-7 Exchange your information with the other side

How powerful was the Catholic Church? Now that we have a sense of exactly what the role of the church was in different ways , we can now start to explain how powerful it was. What is your main reason? Explain Now pick out your top 3 Pick out 5 reasons why the church was so powerful (in detail) TASK: Using the information you have just collected and the information on pages 4 – 5 of the textbook, complete the pyramid.

How much impact did this criticism have on the church? Lollards, heresy and anticlericalism A small minority were critical of the beliefs and practices of the church. Lollardy (or Lollards) emerged during the second half of the fourteenth century and placed stress on the understanding of the Bible and therefore favoured the translation into English. They were sceptical about transubstantiation and the principles of Eucharist, and considered the Catholic Church to be corrupt. They also denied the special status of the priesthood. Despite their views being considered heresy, they still persisted in parts of southern England. Whilst the movement was once widespread, it had now started to die down due to the failed Lollard uprising in 1414. It lost intellectual coherence and became geographically restricted. Other forms of heresy seem to have been rare. The burning of heretics was introduced in 1401, though few had suffered this fate. Criticism of the church did exist, and it is often assumed that anticlericalism (the role of the church in non-religious matters) was widespread. However, this has been argued due to the fact these outbursts were rare, that they were often politically motivated and that the continued number of candidates for priesthood showed that priests retained the support. How much impact did this criticism have on the church?

The work due in for next lesson is as follows: FLIP LEARNING TASK: What was the Renaissance? Create a short Biography on Erasmus (Dutch Humanist) The work due in for next lesson is as follows: