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1 Medieval English Piety 1300-1550

2 St. George Patron Saint of England

3 Late Medieval Mardis Gras

4 Feasting & Processions

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7 A Book of Hours

8 English Mystics Langland Julian

9 The Gutenberg Bible c. 1450

10 Erasmus

11 Luther Emphasized the Bible as the Source of Religious Authority

12 William Tyndale’s English Bible 1525

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15 How might the Canterbury Tales have angered members of the Church?
What is a Friar? What is a Summoner? Pardoner?

16 What is the sin of the Summoner in the Friar’s Tale?
Rage: he brawls regularly Adultery: sleeping with wives Gluttony in the form of drinking to excess Greed in the form of Extortion

17 What is the sin of the Friar in the Summoner’s Tale?
Pride – he constantly boasts Greed – he performs confessions for a fee Blasphemy – he swears oaths Envy – he wishes he was a bishop Sloth – he never wakes before noon

18 Why is the Pardoner’s moral, Radix malorum est cupiditas, somewhat ironic?
Because he drinks heavily Because he admits that he commits fraud Because he has taken a vow of celibacy Because he is involved in the administration of justice

19 The Decline of Papal Prestige

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21 During the 1350s and 1360s Edward III passed statutes limiting papal authority in England

22 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Dominant figure in English politics of the 1370s Embroiled in struggle with the Church and merchant elite over prosecution of the war with France Progenitor of the house of Lancaster

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27 Baldasare Cossa was deposed as pope in 1415

28 Leo X Giovanni de’Medici r. 1513-1521

29 Henry VIII with Pope Leo and the Emperor c. 1520

30 England & the Reformation

31 Pope Clement VII Giulio de’Medici


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