The Tudors – Henry VIII and the English Reformation, 1509-47
In this course, Dr Jonathan Willis (University of Birmingham) explores the Henrician Reformation. We begin by thinking about the 'health' of the church in late Medieval England, focusing in particular on the concept of lay piety. After that, we turn to some of the criticisms of the church that had been made prior to Henry – from Wycliffe and the Lollards in the 14th and 15th centuries to Christian humanists such as Desiderius Erasmus. In the third module, we think about Henry VIII's role in the English Reformation, tracing the events that led to the Break with Rome in 1534, before moving on in the fourth module to think about why the relatively limited changes represented by the Break from Rome led to such broader changes in the following decades.
What this playlist includes:
10 lectures across 2 courses.
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Courses and Lectures
1. The Tudors – Henry VIII and the English Reformation, 1509-47
Dr Jonathan Willis
Birmingham University
Birmingham University
1.1. The Late Medieval Church – 09:57
1.2. Reform before the Reformation – 10:47
1.3. The Break with Rome – 11:36
1.4. Evangelical Advance – 11:34
1.5. Henry’s Legacy – 08:37
2. The Tudors – Henry VIII and the English Reformation, 1509-47
Dr Tracey Sowerby
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
2.1. Henry's Court – 11:12
2.2. The Break With Rome – 11:19
2.3. A Protestant Reformation? – 13:58
2.4. The Pilgrimage of Grace – 11:42
2.5. Why was there so little opposition to the Engli... – 11:04
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