HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Simony, Charismatic Authority, John Wycliffe
8 Aug 2013
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Efforts to reform church and christian practice to 1517: before 1517 skeptical thinking of religion, after 1517 break down of medieval ideas of harmony/obedience. Death dance video: awareness of death, pervasiveness of death in traditional society. Clicker q 1 questions on midterm more specific: most important factor in 16th-century religious revolution, a) charismatic leadership, print technology, rise of cities city life provokes push for change in religious conduct, economic crisis. The four horsemen of the apocalypse common figure in late medieval art; apocalypse = end of time: plague, famine, war (conquest) ex. 100 years war england vs. france, strife pressure of plague = social breakdown; brittle social relations: all common to europeans from 1300, arguably, such conditions produced fear, anxiety, etc. and focused attention on death. Significance of image: could be mass reproduced through print technology, in face of widespread dissatisfaction, many called for reform of the church.
