HIST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: John Calvin, Puritans, Lollardy
18 Jan 2017
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Renaissance: growing financial resources of princes (increased spending on art, growing urban centers (cities = civilization, expansion of learning + distribution of the printed word, growing literacy of the middle class. The church had the most to lose from the new developments of the renaissance. The church > local politics, traditions, customs, taxes. Lay investiture - the appointment of priests and bishops by royal authority. Church offices entitled people to the produce of the land. Henry vi, hr emperor (r. 1056-1105) - excommunicated. Reformation - external conflicts + external threats. Thomas becket insisted that they try churchgoers in the king"s courts. Archbishop murdered in canterbury by henry"s orders. Monastic system had become too wealthy and powerful. Franciscans and dominicans changed this, stressing absolute poverty + education. Babylonian captivity (1309-1377) - when the popes ruled from france instead of rome, which was a blow to the authority of the pope.
