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Heresy by Marcos
The document discusses heresy and orthodoxy in the 14th century English Church. It describes how the English people disliked paying taxes to the Pope and supported the King when he reduced tax money going to the Church and increased his own treasury. New religious writings in the vernacular threatened the Church's authority by encouraging independent thought and challenging the Church. One such threat was Lollardy led by John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor who translated the Bible to English against Church rules, and was later forced to leave Oxford.
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Heresy by Marcos
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- 2. Church unpopular feudal power cruel peasantsand townspeople greed People of England disliked paying taxes to the Pope War in France English conscious of their “Englishness” helped France against England King reduced the amount of tax money King increased own treasury
- 3. Bishops and clergydidn’t oppose were English and came from noble families shared the political view of the nobility Fourteenth century threat to the Church religious writings Private prayer Death of Jesus Christ, lives of the Saints and theVirgin Mary threat to the authority of the Church people could think independently of Church control encouraged people to challenge the Church’s authority
- 4. End of thefourteenth century New religious ideas dangerous to Church authority condemned as heresy heresy lollardy John Wycliffe Oxford profesor everyone should be able to read the Bible in English translated it from Latin wasn’t allowed to publish it forced to leave Oxford
- 5. Henry IV wasn’tsympathetic loyal to the Church introduced the idea of executing the Lollards by burning