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"Between the murder of Beckett and the return of Langton from exile there was no prominent personality in the English church." Would you agree ?
Assess the contribution of the monastic orders to English society in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.
"Their leavening influence was felt in every part of English life." Do you agree with this judgment on the friars during the first half century of their work in this country ?
"The medieval monastic routine spoke clearly and predominately of God and His Heaven, and through it man was lifted far out of the savage and unkempt society of the day."(Dickinson). Discuss.
On what grounds did contemporaries justify their criticisms of the Church in England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ?
Why did the Church in fourteenth century England come under so much criticism ?
How do you explain the rise of anti clericalism in England during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries ?
Illustrate and account for anti-papal feeling in fourteenth century England.
Explain the interaction of religious and political thought in the fourteenth century.
Account for the decline in the power and prestige of the Church in the fourteenth century.
"The later medieval church was a mere administrative machine devoid of any spiritual or cultural vigour." Discuss.
Why were the ruling classes in fifteenth century England so afraid of the Lollards ?
Account for the rise of Lollardy in the reign of Richard II.
To what extent did the monks and friars deserve the odium they incurred in later medieval England ?
"Wycliffe's criticism of the C14th church may be dismissed by referring to the contribution of the English Mystics." Discuss.
What was the significance of Wyclif in his own time ?.
Did Wycliffe have any permanent effect on the history of the Church in England?
Assess the contribution of William of Occam to the development of medieval philosophy.
What do you understand by the terms Nominalist and Realist ?
How unbalanced a picture of religious feeling in the later middle ages does one obtain from Juliana of Norwich and Margery Kempe ?
Were the Lollards ever a real threat to the Church in England.
The fourteenth century witnessed an awakening of national consciousness. Can this statement be justified ?
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School of History and Welsh History - University of Wales Bangor