Late Medieval English Church - Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome
Late Medieval English Church - Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. He…
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Late Medieval English Church - Vitality and Vulnerability Before the Break with Rome
The later medieval English church is invariably viewed through the lens of the Reformation that transformed it. He examines the challenges facing bishops and clergy, and assesses the depth of lay knowledge and understanding of the teachings of the church, highlighting the practice of pilgrimage. But in this bold and provocative book historian George Bernard examines it on its own terms, revealing a church with vibrant faith and great energy, but also with weaknesses that reforming bishops worked to overcome.Bernard emphasizes royal control over the church.
He shows that the Reformation was not inevitable: the late medieval church was much too full of vitality. He reconsiders anti-clerical sentiment and the extent and significance of heresy. But Bernard also argues that alongside that vitality, and often closely linked to it, were vulnerabilities that made the break with Rome