The Eve of the Reformation / Studies in the Religious Life and Thought of the English people in the Period Preceding the Rejection of the Roman jurisdiction by Henry VIII - Francis Aidan Gasquet

[412] Ibid., sig. D. viii.

INDEX

Abbots, display in elections of, [129]
Abraham, religious play, [320]
Adrian VI., Pope, [157]
Aggeus, Augustine, [310]
Aldine press, at Venice, [160]
Aldus, printer, [160], [166]
Alexander VI., Pope, [102]
Alms, [132]
Alton, foundation for obits at, [403-404]
Amberbach, printer, [166]
Amyas Chantry, [401-402]
Angels, devotion to, [308]
Anti-clerical spirit, [114], [119]
Antoninus, St., Archbishop of Florence, [96]
“Apology” of Sir Thomas More, [71], [73], [115], [122], [144]
Archæology, pagan and Christian, [206]
Architecture, pre-Reformation activity in, [9-10], [328] et seq.;
decline of the art, [329]
Aretino, [23]
Art, great activity of, prior to Reformation, [10-12]
Arundel, Archbishop, [236]
Ashley, Mr. W. J., cited, [379]
Augmentation, Court of, [384]
Badsworth, chantry foundation at, [401]
Baigent, Mr. F. T., [372], note
Baker, mediæval fresco painter, [11]
Baptism, [225]
Barbarus, Hermolaus, [29]
Barnes, Friar, [88], [118], [119], [136], [223]
Basle, printing-press at, [165]
Baynard’s Castle, meeting at, [68]
Beccles, foundation at, [408]
Becket, Thomas, [441]
Bede-roll, [335], [341]
Benedict XII., [103]
Benedictine Order, average of graduates at Oxford, [42]
Benefices, [55], [106], [108], note, [353]
Benefit of clergy, [55]
Bequests, mediæval, [389] et seq.
Bere, Abbot, of Glastonbury, [39], [40], note
Berthelet, publisher, [72], note, [73], [98], note, [102], note, [107], note, [110], [137], note, [298]
Bible, the Bishops’, [247]
Bible, Erasmus’s translation, [168] et seq.
Bible, English, hostility to, [236];
evidence of Catholic acceptance, [237], [242], [247];
supposed early Catholic version, [237], [242], [247];
persecutions for possession examined, [240], and note, [241];
translations authorised, [242-243], [247-249];
not prohibited, [247], [275-276];
absence of popular demand for, [250-251];
Tyndale’s version and Luther’s share in it, [252] et seq.;
useless without interpretation, [275]
Bishops, and ordination, [148];
and spiritual jurisdiction, [154];
obstacles to Reformation, [444]
Blackfriars, meetings at, [67], [68]
Bombasius, Paul, [33], note, [34]
Bond, William, [83], [305]
Boniface VIII., Pope, [99]
Books, heretical, prohibited, [213-216];
More on heretical, [218] et seq.;
earliest printed largely religious, [315]
Bourbon, Duke of, [230]
Boyer, Sebastian, Court physician, [160]
Brentano, Mr., cited, [362-363]
Brethren of St. John’s, [374];
and Hospital, [375]
Bretton, William, [310], and note
Brewer, Mr., cited, [147], [211-212], [250], [279]
Brotherhoods, Parish, [347]
Brunfels, Otto, [194]
Brygott, Richard, prior of Westacre, [44]
Bucer, [214]
Burials, [54]
Burnet, historian, cited, [4]
Bury St. Edmunds, chantries at, [409]
Butley, Priory of, [43]
Calendar of papers, domestic and foreign, of reign of Henry VIII., [4]
Cambray, Bishop of, [159]
Cambridge, portions of Prior Selling’s library at, [32];
monastic students at, [43];
petition of scholars to the king, [47]
Campeggio, Cardinal, [179], [180], [181]
Canterbury, Archbishop of, on clerical immunity, [69]
Canterbury, entertainment of Emperor Manuel at Christchurch, [22];
Selling and Hadley, monks of Christchurch, [24] et seq.;
Canterbury College at Oxford, [27], [28], note;
St. Augustine’s and the literary movement, [40]
Caraffa, Cardinal, afterwards Paul IV., [105], [107], [438]
Carmelites, origin, [117];
responsibility for Lutheranism, [197]
Caxton, [275], note
Chalcocondylas, Demetrius, [29]
Chantries, [123], [124], [399], [401]
Chapels of ease, [413]
Chaplains, evil effects of their position, [138-139]
Charnock, Prior, [39]
Chaucer, cited, [415]
Children, and idols, [292];
religious instruction of, [312], [313-314]
Christchurch, see [Canterbury]
Christianity and the classical revival, [203-206]
Chrysoloras, Manuel, Greek scholar, [23], and note
Chrysostom, St., cited, [122]
Church, position of, prior to Reformation, [1], [147], [211];
need of reform in, [5] et seq.;
attitude to learning, [15], [21], [35-38], [41];
hostility to “New Learning” explained, [15] et seq., [19];
limits of jurisdiction, [51];
and disputations entailed, [ibid.];
State right to regulate temporalities of, [53] et seq.;
king as supreme head, [65], [111];
rights, [65];
what constitutes, [70];
riches coveted, [75];
Pope as head, [83] et seq.;
Papal Commission appointed to save, [105];
evils in, and how caused, [105-106];
abuses pointed out by Commission, [107], note, [108], note;
limitations of king’s Headship, [111-112];
controversy on riches of, [123];
Erasmus’s attitude to, [167] et seq., [199-200];
Erasmus regarded as an enemy to, [175-176];
Lutheran tenets concerning, [194];
need of reform obscured by Reformation, [198];
attack on, [216];
attitude to vernacular Bibles, [236] et seq., [245-248];
but hostility to denied, [242-243], [246-247], [251];
religious teaching prior to Reformation, [278] et seq.;
charges against on points of worship, [293], [302-305];
bequests to, [390] et seq.;
suggested disposal of wealth of, [444];
abuses in, [415]
Church of Christ, sermon on, [91]
Church-building, activity of, [326];
contributions of people towards bequests for, [327], and note, [390];
decoration, [328], [332]
Church House, [341]
Churchyards, trees and grass in, [60]
Cicero, and the classical revival, [203-206]
Ciceroniana of Erasmus, [203]
Clark, Dr. John, English ambassador, [94]
Classical revival, Erasmus on, [203];
absurdities of, [203-204]
Claymond, John, Greek scholar, [40], note, [41], note
Clement, John, [37], note
Clement, Pope, [109], note
Clergy, alleged encouragement of ignorance, [2], [278];
mortuary dues, [53], [140-144];
“benefit,” [55];
rights and duties, [61], [65-70];
ordinations, [63], [148-153];
exemptions, [63];
immunity, [66] et seq.;
not the Church, [70];
position as individuals, [72];
attack on their temporalities, [103];
laity’s grievance against, [114] et seq.;
and its causes, [119], [138];
defended by More, [120-121];
alleged mercenary spirit, [123];
and idle laxity of living, [127];
prayers, [131];
alms, [132-133];
fasting and mortification, [134];
charges of corruption, [136];
lack of definite work, [137], note;
in households of laity, [138];
tithe exactions, [142];
faults, [143-145];
alleged immorality, [145-146];
charge of simony, [146];
Mr. Brewer cited on, [147];
ignorance of, [151];
hostility to vernacular scriptures examined, [236] et seq., [243], [246];
and reasons for not encouraging, [242], [244];
extent and character of their religious teaching, [280] et seq.;
books used by for teaching, [309] et seq.;
chantry clergy, [400], [405-409], [413];
pilgrimages and relics maintained by, [415];
and motives for, [422], [425]
“Clericus,” [74]
Cloth, clerical, State’s right to legislate on, [60]
Cochlæus, John, [253], [254], note
Colet, Dean, [7], [19], [29], and note, [33], note, [149], [160], [164], [168]
Commerce, progress not due to Reformation, [8]
Commissioners, royal, [380], [384]
Compostella, pilgrimages to, [416], [417]
Concordat, between Leo X. and Francis I., [76]
Concubines, alleged licences for, [145]
Confession, [225], [282], [287]
Congregation, denoting church, [173], note, [262-266]
Conscience, examinations of, [286]
Constantine, donation to Pope, [95]
Constantine, George, [222]
Constantinople, effect of fall of, [23]
Constitution, Provincial, [237-239], [242], [280]
Contarini, Cardinal, [107], [109], note
Convocation, grant of headship of Church to the king, [111];
enactment regarding ordination, [148-149];
powers of legislation transferred to Crown, [153];
draws up list of heretical books, [215]
Corpus Christi, feast of, [373];
procession of guilds, [374];
at Corunna, [217]
Council of Trent, [5], [109], note, [440]
Courts, ecclesiastical, subject to Pope, [80-81]
Coverdale, Myles, [102], [258]
Cranmer and English Bible, [236], [247];
on hearing mass, [326]
Creeping to the Cross, [302]
Criticism in the Church, [155], [171]
Croke, Richard, [36], note, [102], note
Cromwell, Thomas, [112], [153]
Cross, honour to on Good Friday, [302]
Crowley, quoted, [382]
Crucifix, reverence of image of, [126], [289-290], [300], [307];
not an idol, [293]
Curates and mortuaries, [140-141];
and tithes, [142]
Cuthbert, Bishop, [219]
Dalton, John, of Hull, will of, [391]
Dead, prayers for, [387], [399]
De Athegua, George, Bishop, [178], and note
De Burgo, John, [309]
Dee, Dr., supplication to Queen Mary, [48]
Defence of Peace, [103], and note, [104], note
Degree, advantage of to religious, [44]
De Melton, William, Chancellor of York, [149]
De Ribbe, M. Charles, on wills, [389], note
Determinations of the Universities, [102], note
Deventer, school, [157]
De Worde, Wynkyn, [83], [149], [275], note, [280], and note, [298], [312]
Digon, John, Canterbury monk, [41], and note
Dislike of clergy, alleged, [114];
reasons for, [127], [138]
Dispensations, [106]
Dives et Pauper, [284], [298], [353], [354]
Division between spirituality and temporality, Saint-German’s work on, [115] et seq., [122], [127], [140]
Divorce question, the, and its share in Reformation, [208], and note
Doctors of divinity, Erasmus’s satire on, [201]
Döllinger, Dr., cited, [21]
Dominicans, the, and Erasmus, [187];
responsibility for Lutheranism, [197]
Dorpius, Marten, [169-170]
Dues of clergy, [53]
Dunstan’s, St., Canterbury, [346];
parish accounts, [347]
Dyalogue of Saint-German, [53] et seq., [115], [140];
of More, [262], [269], [289]
Ecclesiastical authority, alleged discontent of laity under, [1], [114], [208] et seq., [416];
limits of, [51]
Ecclesiastical discipline, inquiry into, [438]
Ecclesiastics, attitude to revival of learning, [36-38], [41];
resistance to encroachment, [51], [53];
Erasmus’s satire on, [201] et seq.;
attitude to English Bible, [236] et seq.;
alleged encouragement of ignorance, [2], [278]
Edgworth, Roger, preacher, [16], [46], [212], [244], [272], [273], note, [292], [359]
Education, fostered by monasteries, [45]
Enconium Moriæ, of Erasmus, [161-162], [201] et seq.
Erasmus, attitude to Reformation, [7], [20];
made responsible for “New Learning,” [16], note;
but attitude to defined, [19], [20];
his chief support in England, [38];
position and views, [155];
considered a Reformer, [156], [178], [180-181];
birth and education, [156-157];
joins order of St. Augustine, [157];
ordained, [ibid.];
unfitness for religious life, [157];
hostility to religious orders, [158], [180], [187], [200];
denounces enticing of youths into cloister, [ibid.];
leaves the religious life, [159];
takes pupils, [ibid.];
at Oxford, [159-160];
in London, [160];
visits Italy, [ibid.];
his Adagia, [ibid.];
visits Venice, [ibid.];
returns to London, [161];
his Enconium Moriæ, [161-162], [201] et seq., [431];
at Cambridge, [161-162];
testimony to Archbishop Warham’s kindness, [162-163];
praise of English ecclesiastics, [163], note;
amounts received from English friends, [164];
again leaves England, [165];
settles at Basle, [ibid.];
superintends Froben’s press, [166];
death, [167];
attitude to Church, [167] et seq., [199-200];
translation of New Testament, [168] et seq.;
attacks on, [173] et seq.;
regarded as an enemy to the Church, [175-176];
opposition to his revival of Greek, [177-178];
defends himself to the Pope, [179], [181-182];
disclaims connection with Luther, [180-182], [185], [195-198];
opposition to national churches, [182], note;
attitude to Luther, [185], [195], [196-198];
attacks Luther, [186];
replies to von Hutten’s attacks, [187] et seq.;
attitude to the Pope, [189-190], and note, [193], [194-195], [197];
attacks Lutheran motives, [191-192];
letter to Bishop Marlianus on attitude to Luther, [197];
general attitude to religious movement of his age, [200] et seq.;
and to the classical revival, [203];
on pilgrimages and relics, [415], [418], [431];
on devotion to saints, [431] et seq.
Eton College Chapel, wall paintings of, [11]
Evensong, said before noon, [134]
Exemptions of clergy, [63], [76]
Fairs, [378] et seq.;
at Winchester, [379]
Faith, The Olde, of Great Brittayne and the New Learning of England, [17], and note
Fasting, [134]
Ferguson, Mr., quoted on architectural art, [329]
Fineux, Chief-Justice, tries John Savage, [57] et seq.;
opinion on spiritual courts, [69]
Fisher, Bishop, love of learning, [36], note;
object in studying Greek, [38];
views on Papal supremacy, [90], and note;
books against Luther, [90], note, [192];
execution, [91];
sermon on, [92];
on moral character of religious, [137], note;
invitation to Erasmus, [161];
on Erasmus’s New Testament, [169], [175], note;
supports study of Greek, [177]
Fisher, Rev. J., [311], note
Fleming, Robert, [23]
Foxe, cited, [240], note, [251]
Francis I., [76]
Francis, Order of St., [117]
Free, John, [40], and note
Frith, [215], [222], [223], [227]
Froben, printer, [165], [182]
Froude, on Erasmus’s New Testament, [172]
Funerals, [54]
Gairdner, James, cited on jurisdiction of Pope, [81], note;
on the divorce question, [208], note;
on Reformation influences, [210], [211], note
Gardiner, Bishop, [438]
Gardynare, Germen, [227]
Garlekhithe, St. James, [366]
German reformers, books prohibited, [214-215]
Gibbon, cited, [22]
Glasse of Truth, [101-102], note
Glastonbury monastery, [39]
Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of, [23]
God, love of, [299];
worship of, [304]
Goldstone, Reginald, monk, companion of Selling, [26]
Goldstone, Thomas, Prior of Christchurch, [24]
Gonville Hall, Cambridge, [43], [44]
Good Friday observances, [302-303]
Government, true principle of, [106]
Grace at meals, [314]
Graduates at Oxford, register of, [41-42]
Greek emperors, journeys to courts of Western Europe, [22]
Greek, influence in revival of learning, [14], [21] et seq.;
first schools of the revival, [23];
effect of fall of Constantinople, [23-24];
decline in study of after Reformation, [47];
Erasmus and the Greek Testament, [168] et seq.;
outcry against studies in, [177]
Green, historian, cited, [16], note
Gregory VII., Pope, [101]
Grocyn, William, [29], and note, [160]
Grudge of laity against ecclesiastics, [114]
Guardian angel, prayer to, [309]
Guarini, pupil of Chrysoloras, [23]
Guilds, [351];
founded upon principle of Christian brotherhood, [352] et seq.;
trade, and religious, [361];
benefit societies, [363];
their work, [365], [385];
constitution, [366] et seq.;
“Pinners’” Guild, [368];
accounts, [369-370];
fees, [371];
Guild of Tailors, [371];
members, [371];
expenditure, [372], and note;
their part in Corpus Christi processions, [373-374];
brethren of St. John’s, [374];
feasts, [376], and note;
Candlemas Guild of Bury St. Edmunds, [377];
bequests, [377-378];
connection with fairs, [378];
final destruction, [380]
Hadley, William, companion of Prior Selling, [24];
studies at foreign universities, [25];
returns to Christchurch, [26]
Hair shirts, [131], [134]
Headship of the Church, the king’s, [56]
Hegius, Alexander, [157]
Henley on Thames, chantries at, [405]
Henry IV., [136]
Henry VII. obtains Bull from Innocent VIII., [56];
purchases pardon for Westminster and Savoy, [124]
Henry VIII., calendar of papers of reign, [4];
exerts his influence on behalf of learning, [36], [177];
determined to maintain rights of Crown, [69];
book against Luther, [90], [94];
defends Church, [94], [226];
reputed book, [102], note;
petition of Commons, &c., against spirituality, [153];
quarrel with Rome on divorce question, [208], and note;
forbids Lutheran books, [214], [259];
authorises English Bibles, [273];
destroys the guilds, [380];
the reformers and, [440]
Heresy, spread by books, [213], [218]
Hobhouse, Bishop, cited, [346], [357]
Holidays, determined by ecclesiastical law, [71]
Holy Land, pilgrimages to, [416]
Hortulus Animæ, the, [214], and note
Huchin, William, see [Tyndale]
Hunn, Richard, [240]
Hunting, by priests, [138], [139], [151]
Hutton, Rev. W. H., cited, [208], note
Hytton, Sir Thomas, [224], [225]
Idolatry, charges of, [293], [303], [305]
Idols, distinguished from images, [265], [289] et seq., [305-306]
Ignorance, alleged prevalence of, [2], [278]
Images, confused with idols, [265], [292];
veneration of, [289] et seq., [423] et seq.
Immunity of clergy, [63], [66] et seq.
Indulgences, [108], note, [435] et seq.
Innocent VIII. grants Bull to Henry VII., [56], note
Janssen, historian, cited, [6], [7], [279], [354]
Jerome, St., corrections in Testament, [170];
cited on Papal supremacy, [197]
Jessop, Dr., cited, [43];
on popular gifts to churches, [336];
on poverty, [360]
Jesus, bowing at name of, [283]
Joye, George, or Clarke, [221], [224], [253], [257-258], [438]
Judges, English prelates as, [81]
Julius II., Pope, [96], [102], [109], [204]
Jurisdiction, limits of ecclesiastical and lay, [51], [65] et seq., [176];
leading factor in Reformation, [52];
Papal, [78] et seq.;
Roman curia as court of appeal, [80]
Katherine, Queen, [178]
Kent, Holy Maid of, [441]
King’s power, [75];
his headship of Church, [65], [111]
Knowledge, result of increase of, [2]
Laity, Reformation opposed to convictions of, [1];
alleged disaffection to Church, [ibid.];
and reasons advanced, [ibid.];
attitude to Church’s jurisdiction, [51];
absence of enthusiasm among in doctrinal disputes, [52];
grudge against ecclesiastics, [114] et seq.;
charge clergy with mercenary spirit, [123];
dislike of clergy, and reasons for, [127];
“mortuaries” a great offence to, [140]
Langton, Thomas, Bishop of Winchester, [33], and note
Languages, battle of, [176-179]
Laocöon, the, statue of, [206], note
Latimer, William, Bishop, [34], [38], [47];
lawsuits, [348] et seq.
“Latria,” [294-304], [306-307]
Lawyers, ecclesiastical, [95]
Learning, revival not due to Reformation, [7-8], [15];
adverse effects of Reformation on, [9], [198-199];
“New Learning” applied only to religious teaching, [15] et seq.;
Church’s attitude to learning, [15], [19], [38];
Erasmus on Reformation’s effect on, [20];
general aspect of revival, [21];
Greek influence in, [14], [21] et seq.;
subsequent progress, [35];
occasional pulpit denunciations, [ibid.];
slight nature of opposition, [36];
laymen associated with revival, [37];
fostered by monasteries, [39];
condition of things at universities, [41-44];
education assisted by religious houses, [45];
decay of after Reformation, [45-48];
revival of, associated with Lutheranism, [178];
but without cause, [180-181];
Erasmus’s attitude to revival of letters, [203-207]
Lee, Edward, afterwards Archbishop of York, [173-174], and note, [252]
Leeds, chantries at, [411-412]
Leland, cited, [24], note, [25]
Leo X., Pope, [28], and note, [76], [94], [96], [173], [179], [181], [185], [439]
Leo XIII., Pope, cited, [355], note
Leonicenus, [34]
Leonicus, [34], and note
Leverton, parish of, [339];
Church accounts, [343] et seq.
Lewes, Cluniac House at, [43]
Liberty advocated by Luther, [227]
Libraries, destruction of, [48];
Dr. Dee’s supplication to Queen Mary, [48];
national library suggested, [49]
Life, daily rules of, [286-287], [313]
Lilly, George, [29], note
Linacre, pupil of Selling, sketch of early life, [27];
accompanies Selling to Italy, [28]; becomes pupil of Politian, [28];
at Rome, [29];
returns to Oxford, [30];
appointed Court physician, [ibid.];
receives priest’s orders, [ibid.];
friend of Erasmus, [160], [164]
Liveries for chaplains, [138]
Lollards, the, [209] et seq., [214], [240]
London, Mors’s Lamentation against, [440]
Longland, Bishop, [93], [146], [147], note
Louvain, University of, [160], [174], note, [176], [178], [179], [180]
Love of God, [299]
Luce, M. Siméon, cited, [351]
Lupset, Thomas, sketch of, [36], note;
on study of Bible, [248]
Luther, Martin, aims of, [7];
cited on pre-Reformation progress, [8];
“New Learning” inculcated by, [16], and note;
books against, [84-85], [90], [94];
sermon against, [93];
Henry VIII. opposes, [94];
method of, [108-109], note; More and Lutherans, [120];
considered disciple of Erasmus, [156], [178], [180];
revival of letters not connected with his movement, [180-181];
Erasmus’s repudiation of, [180-182], [195-198];
efforts to win over Erasmus, [183-184];
attacked by Erasmus, [186], [191-192];
supported by von Hutten, [186] et seq.;
tenets of Lutheranism, [194];
methods of attacking condemned, [196];
who responsible for his movement, [197];
effects of Lutheranism, [198];
and spread of, [212-213];
books prohibited, [213-215]; disciples, [216];
his book, [222];
“New Learning” and, [225];
advocacy of liberty, [227];
evils of Lutheranism, [228-230];
and of Lutheran literature, [244];
Tyndale’s connection with, [252];
share in Tyndale’s Testament, [252-255];
direction of his remonstrances, [279]
Lutheranism, tenets of, [194];
responsibility for, [197];
effects of, [198];
evils of, [228-230];
expectations of English Lutherans, [440], [445]
Lyndwood, cited, [247], [353]
Mace, George, canon of Westacre, [44]
Maitland, Professor, quoted on pre-Reformation position of the Pope, [80]
Manuel, Greek Emperor, arrival at Canterbury, [22]
Mary Magdalene, religious play, [320]
Marlianus, Bishop, [197]
Marshall, William, [103]
Marsilius of Padua, [103], [104], note
Mary, Queen, attempt to restore learning under, [48]
Mass, the, [225], [271], [283], [285]
Matrimony, State regulation of, [62];
Hytton’s view of, [225]
Matthew, Simon, preacher, [91]
Medici, Lorenzo de, [28]
Mentz, Cardinal Archbishop of, [181], [184]
Metal-working, inventions in, [428]
“Miles,” mouthpiece of Saint-German, [74]
Miracles, [62], [427]
Monasteries, scholarship in, [39], and note;
members of at universities, [42] et seq.
Monks, hostile to Erasmus, [176], [180];
Erasmus quoted on, [202];
pilgrimages and relics maintained by, [415]
Morality, of clergy, [145-146]
More, Sir Thomas, attitude to Reformation, [7];
and to learning, [19], [35-37];
connection with Christchurch, [28];
at Oxford, [29], and note;
on immunity of clergy, [70];
his “Apology,” [71], [73], [115], [122], [144];
on spiritual authority, [73];
on Papal supremacy, [85] et seq., [88];
on nature of the Church, [86] et seq.;
against Friar Barnes, [88];
book against Luther, [90];
death, [91];
sermon on, [92];
controversy on clergy and laity, [115] et seq.;
on quarrels between religious, [116-117];
defends clergy, [120];
and replies to allegation of their mercenary spirit, [124];
and of their idle laxity of life, [127];
on abuses in religious life, [130];
on prayers and alms of clergy, [131-135];
defends clergy from charges of corruption, [136];
on faults of clergy, [143-145];
and on their morality, [145-146];
visited by Erasmus, [160-161];
share in Erasmus’s Enconium Moriæ, [161-162], [201];
defends Erasmus’s translation of New Testament, [169-170], [173], note;
defends Greek studies, [177];
urges Erasmus against Luther, [186];
opinion of Erasmus’s Enconium Moriæ, [202], note;
on spread of heresy, [213], [218];
on “New Learning” and Lutheranism, [225];
on Luther’s advocacy of liberty, [227];
on evils of Lutheranism, [228-230];
on English Bible, [237] et seq.;
on case of Richard Hunn, [241];
on Church’s acceptance of vernacular Bibles, [242-243], [247-249];
and on false translations, [243];
and reasons for condemnation of Tyndale’s version, [243], [260-270];
on reverence of images, [289-291], [293-298];
on prayer, [307];
on pilgrimages, [419] et seq., [425] et seq.;
on relics, [429];
on indulgences, [437]
Morebath, village of, well-supported church, [337]
Mors, Roderigo, his “Lamentation,” [440]
Mortality among pilgrims, [418]
Mortmain, lands in, [54]
Mortuaries, [53], [140]
Morysine, Richard, [105], [107], note
Mountjoy, Lord, [159], [161], [164]
Music, pre-Reformation progress in, [12-13];
Richard Pace quoted on, [35]
Mystery plays, [316] et seq.
National churches, opposed by Erasmus, [182], note
National feeling and the Papacy, [82] et seq.
National library, suggested, [49]
Nevill, Archbishop, [281]
“New Learning” defined, [15] et seq.;
its purely religious application, [16] et seq.;
result of, [50];
founded on Luther’s teaching, [225]
New Testament, Erasmus’s translation, [168] et seq.;
English versions destroyed, [236];
Tyndale version, and Luther’s share in it, [252] et seq.
Nicholas V., Pope, [96]
Nicholas of Cusa, reforms in Germany, [6];
opinion on Constantine’s gift to Pope, [96]
“Noah and his Sons,” religious play, [320]
Nobility, attitude to clergy, [136]
Norwich, Visitations of Diocese of, [43];
Benedictine Cathedral Priory of, [ibid.]
Nottinghamshire, chantries in, [401-402], [406]
Obits, [399] et seq.
Œcolampadius, [184], [214]
“Open Bible,” [236], [246], [273], [275]
Orders, religious, their graduates at Oxford, [42];
suggested alterations in constitutions, [129];
hostility of Erasmus, [158]
Ordinations, proposed prohibition regarding, [63];
abuses in, [107], [148];
action by Convocation, [148-149];
William de Melton on, [149-153], note;
reformers on, [225], [232]
Oxford, Register of Graduates at, [41-42];
refounding of Durham College at, [48];
heresy at, [227];
Constitution or Synod of, [238], [247], [280]
Pace, Richard, befriended by Bishop Langton, [33];
his De Fructu, [33], note;
at foreign universities, [34];
the Pope’s library, [ibid.];
remarks on music, [35];
indebtedness to Abbot Bere, [40];
supports Greek studies, [177]
Pagula, Walter, [309]
Papal Commissions, [105], [439]
Papal jurisdiction, meaning of renunciation, [78];
general acceptance, [79];
books against, [101]
Papal prerogatives, in England, [52], [107-108];
in France, [77]
Papal supremacy, [83] et seq.;
rejection of, [90];
English belief in, [93-95];
rejection defended by Bishop Tunstall, [109];
Erasmus on, [190], and note, [194-195]
Pardons, [124], [435] et seq.
Parish churches, sanctuary privileges, [57];
religious teaching in, [280] et seq.
Parish life, [323] et seq.;
devotion of people, [325];
care of the churches, [328];
raising of money, [340];
brotherhoods, [347]
Parliament, legislation on mortuaries, [53], [141];
and on immunity of clergy, [66];
need for settlement of religious divisions, [60];
suggested legislation, [55], [62], [71];
right of legislation, [141];
transfers powers of Convocation to Crown, [153];
petition of Commons against spirituality, [ibid.];
authorises destruction of guilds, [380]
Paul III., Pope, [105], [439]
Paul IV., Pope, [438]
Payment for “Pardons,” [435] et seq.
Peckham, or Pecham, Archbishop, [280], [286]
Penance, [282]
Pensions, [108], note
Pensioners, university, [43]
Pepwell, publisher, [310], note
Petition of House of Commons against spirituality, [153]
Pilgrimage of Perfection, quoted, [83]
Pilgrimages, State supervision urged, [62];
objections to, [184], [293], [415];
importance, [416];
foreign, [416];
to England, [418]
Pincern, Bartolomeo, [96]
Pinners, Guild of, [368-369]
Plays, mystery, [316] et seq., [342]
Pocket, the people’s, a clue to religious changes, [52]
Pole, Cardinal, [48], [107]
Politian, Angelo, [25], [28]
Pomeranus, [214]
Poor, right to benefices, [55];
injury to by confiscations, [382], [402] et seq.;
bequests to, [397-398]
Pope, Sir Thomas, [48]
Pope, the, and Sanctuary, [55] et seq.;
pre-Reformation loyalty to, [79];
powers in England before Reformation, [80] et seq.;
spiritual and temporal power in conflict, [82];
position as head of Church, [83] et seq.;
rejection of his supremacy, [90];
imprisoned, [94];
English acceptance of his supremacy, [93-95];
Constantine’s gift to, [95];
wars of, [97];
temporal power of, [97-100], [103-104];
authority as Peter’s successor, [90], [99-100], [103];
works against character of, [101-104];
commission appointed by, [105];
how deceived, [ibid.];
recommendations of commission, [107];
sermon against, [109];
object of attacks on, [110];
Erasmus’s attitude to, [189-190], [193-195], [197];
Erasmus’s satire on, [202], and note;
refuses to grant Henry’s divorce, [208], and note
Powell, Edward, theologian, quoted on papal supremacy, [85]
Power, spiritual and temporal, [70], [72-73], [82];
dialogue on, [73] et seq., [98];
the king’s, [75]
Praier and Complaynte of the Ploweman, [17], and note, [223]
Prayers, for Pope, [110];
of clergy and religious, [131];
Sir Thos. More on, [307];
daily, [313];
for the dead, [399]
Preaching at St Paul’s Cross, [67], [69];
style of against Pope condemned, [92];
in parish churches, [281], [283];
more important than mass, [284-285]
“Prick song,” or part music, [12], [13]
“Primer,” the, [216], [223-224], [286]
Printing, responsible for spread of heresy, [213];
religious works predominate in earliest, [315-316]
Psalter, the, [223-224]
Purgatory, [61], [225], [231], [387], [399], [405], [437]
Pynson, printer, [298]
Reformation, impossibility of writing history of, [3];
revival of letters not due to, [7-8], [15];
adverse effect on learning, [9], [20], [41] et seq.;
English attitude to Pope prior to, [78-79];
share of divorce question in, [208], and note;
similar in England to Luther’s principles, [231];
meaning, [82], [279];
share of Wycliffe and Lollards in, [209] et seq.;
effect upon church art, [331];
and poverty, [358]
Relics, honour of, [415] et seq., [429] et seq.
Religious, at universities, [42] et seq.;
State interference, [61];
abuses among, [108], note;
reputed quarrels between, [116-117];
evils in constitutions, [129];
testimony to moral character, [137], note;
Mr. Brewer cited on, [147];
Erasmus on, [202]
Religious teaching, alleged neglect of, [278];
Reformation not directly connected with, [279];
extent and character, [280] et seq.;
nature and effect, [288] et seq.;
books used by clergy in, [309] et seq.;
religious plays, [316] et seq.
Renaissance, definition of, [14];
in England, [ibid.];
earlier than generally supposed, [15]
Restitution, argued, [125];
a case involving, [140]
Reuchlin, [180-181], [184], [186], [187]
Reverence of images, [289] et seq.
Ridley, Lancelot, commentaries on Scriptures, [104], [111], and note, [273-274];
on devotion to saints, [422-423];
on pilgrimages and images, [424]
Roberts, John, his Mustre of scismatyke bysshops of Rome, [101], and note
Rogers, Mr. Thorold, cited, [356] et seq., [360-361], [364], [403]
Rome, classical revival in, [203-206];
sack of, [230];
pilgrimages to, [416]
Roper, John, [102], note
Roper, Mary and Margaret, [37], note, [41], note
Roy, Friar, [215], [222]
Rule of life, daily, [286-287]
Rules of religious orders, suggested examination, [129]
Sacrament of the Altar, Dr. Richard Smythe on, [216-217], [273], note;
Hytton on, [226]
Sacraments, English reformers on, [225], [231];
attack on, [271]
Sadolet, Cardinal, [107], [108], note, [439]
Saint-German, Christopher, lawyer, [53], and note;
attitude to Church, [53], [115];
cited on mortuaries, [53], [140];
on lands in mortmain and benefices, [54-55];
on sanctuary and benefit, [55];
on churchyards, [60];
on clerical duties, [ibid.];
on need for State interference, [ibid.];
on Purgatory, [61];
on State regulation of religious life, [61];
and of matrimony, [62];
on miracles, [ibid.];
on other debateable questions, [63];
on tithes, [ibid.], [142];
on power of clergy, [65];
on king’s headship, [ibid.];
on clerical immunity, [69];
on holidays, [71];
his Salem and Bizance, [71], [115], [118];
on position of clergy as individuals, [72];
controversy with More, [115] et seq.;
attacks on clergy, [119] et seq.;
alleged mercenary spirit among clergy, [123];
on election of abbots, [129];
on constitutions of religious orders, [ibid.];
on causes of dislike of clergy by laity, [138];
on indulgences, [435], [440]
Saints, reverence of images of, [289] et seq.;
amount of honour due to, [304], [306], [308];
devotion to, [423], and note, [431] et seq.
Salem and Bizance, Saint-German’s Dyalogue of, [71], [115], [118], note, [122], [144]
Sanctuary, difficulty of the subject, [55];
a danger to the State, [ibid.];
case of John Savage, [56] et seq.;
Papal Bull granted to Henry VII., [56], note;
the subject examined by Star Chamber, [58]
Savage, John, his plea of sanctuary, [56]
Scaliger, cited, [166]
Scholars, poor, bequests to, [396]
Screens, excellence of pre-Reformation work, [12]
Scripture, Holy, key of position of English reformers, [231];
translations of, [234], [236] et seq.;
study of advocated by Church, [244], [248], [275], note
See of Rome, supremacy of, [79] et seq.
Selby, chantries at, [411]
Selling, Prior William, birth and education, [24];
real name, [24], and note;
studies at foreign universities, [25];
takes his degree in theology, [25];
industrious book collector, [25];
good work at Christchurch, [26];
returns to Rome, [26], and note;
establishes Greek at Christchurch, [27];
as prior, [27], and note;
member of an embassy to the Pope, [31], and note, [56], note;
continued interest in literary revival, [31];
Greek translation, [31];
fate of his library, [32];
influence, [33]
Sermo Exhortatorius, [149]
Sermons, Church, more important than the Mass, [283], [284-285]
Sharpe, Dr., [359]
Shrines, pilgrimages to, [416] et seq.
Simony, clergy charged with, [146]
Slander and libel, jurisdiction pertaining to, [65]
Smith, Mr. Toulmin, on guilds, [364], [366], [381]
Smythe or Smith, Dr. Richard, [216], [272], [273], and note
Social conditions before Reformation, [351] et seq.;
case of the poor, [353]
Soul’s Garden, the, [214], note
Sovereignty of the Pope, [97-100], [103-104], [107]
Spiritual power, temporal derived from, [70]
Spongia, the, of Erasmus, [187] et seq.
Standish, Dr. Henry, on immunity of clergy, [67];
charged before convocation, [67];
on lesser orders, [68]
Standish, John, archdeacon, [234], [248], [249], note, [270], [271]
St. Giorgio, Venice, abbot of, [105]
St. John of Jerusalem, priory of, [56]
St. John the Baptist, head of, [430]
St. Paul’s Cross, preaching at, [67], [91];
testaments burnt at, [245], [256], and note
St. Peter, Catholic succession from, [90], note;
vicarship, [99-100]
Star chamber, [58]
State, jurisdiction of, [51];
right of interference in temporalities, [53], [60-64], [72];
legislates concerning mortuaries, [53], [140];
limits to State interference, [54];
power claimed for, [55], [60-64];
punishment by for spiritual offences, [65];
protecting power of, [75];
destruction of guilds by, [380-381]
Stokesley, William, [34]
Stubbs, Bishop, [354], [356]
Students, distress of at university, [46]
Sturmius, John, [105], [106], [107], note
Suffolk, chantries in, [407]
Sunday, legal status of, [71]
Superstition, in devotion, [293], [297], [302];
condemned, [314]
Supplication of Beggars, the, [213], [221]
Surtees Society, publications, [319]
Tailors, Guild of, [371]
Taverns, frequented by clergy, [151]
Teaching, religious. See [Religious teaching]
Temporalities, right of State interference in, [53] et seq.;
difference between and spiritual jurisdiction, [72];
clearly defined in Spain, [76]
Temporal power, derived from spiritual, [70];
of the Pope, [97-100], [103-104], [107]
Theologians, Erasmus’s satire on, [201]
Tithes, the lay and ecclesiastical cases, [63-64];
Saint-German quoted on, [142]
Torkington, Sir Richard, rector of Mulbarton, [418]
Towneley Mysteries, the, [319]
Tradition and English Reformers, [231]
Translations, of Holy Scripture, [236] et seq.
Trentals, [123], [124], [138], note
Trevelyan, George Macaulay, cited, [240], note
Trinity, feast of at Compostella, [217]
Trojans, opponents of Greek study, [35]
Tunstall, Bishop, [29], note, [34], and note, [109], [169], [175], note, [185], [198-199], [213], [214], note, [255], [256]
Tyll. See [Selling]
Tyndale, More’s confutation of, [87-88], [118], [119], [136];
charges clergy with immorality, [145];
use of word congregation for church, [173], note;
attribution of Enconium Moriæ to More, [202], note;
books prohibited, [213];
English Testament, [220];
and other books, [220-223];
advocates liberty, [228];
influence, [231];
English Testament condemned, [236], [243], [251], [255] et seq., [276];
demand for his works, [250];
birth and early life, [252];
joins Luther, [252];
Luther’s share in his Testament, [252] et seq.;
his revised Testament, [260];
More’s examination of his Testament, [260-270];
on indulgences, [437]
Unity of pre-Reformation belief, [324]
Universities, effect of Reformation on, [9], [41] et seq.;
monastic students at, [42] et seq.;
poverty of students at after Reformation, [46]
Urban III., Pope, sanctuary grant of, [56]
Urbanus Regius, cited, [18], [19], note
Urswick, Christopher, [32], note
Valla, Laurence, [96]
Veneration of relics, [415], [429] et seq.;
of saints, [431-432]
Venetian, a, cited on attitude of ecclesiastics to learning, [37];
on religious condition of the English, [324];
on beauty of English churches, [332]
Venice, Aldine press at, [160]
Venn, J., historian of Gonville College, quoted, [43-45]
Vicarages, appropriations of cancelled, [55]
Vives, Ludovico, scholar, [36], note, [37], [41], note
Von Hutten, Ulrich, tract on Constantine’s donation to the Pope, [96];
attacks on Erasmus, [186] et seq.
Warham, Archbishop, [36], and note, [69], [112], [160], [161], [162], [168], [215], [258]
Waylande, John, printer, [232]
Welsh, vernacular devotional books for, [311], note
Wesselius, [214]
Westacre, Augustinian priory of, [43]
Westminster, the abbot of, [58-59];
pardon purchased for, [124];
doles at, [132]
Wey, William, itineraries of, [416]
Whitford, Richard, [83], [232-233], [283], [305], [312]
Wills, ecclesiastical administration of, [65];
pre-Reformation, [387] et seq.;
bequests for pilgrimages, [416]
Winchcombe, abbot of, [67]
Winchester, wall paintings of Lady Chapel at, [11];
fair at, [379]
Wolffgang, printer, [309]
Wolsey, Cardinal, attitude to revival of learning, [36];
hears the Savage sanctuary case, [58];
upholds rights of Crown, [68];
opposes temporal punishments of clergy, [ibid.];
present at burning of books, [256], note
Worcester, Tiptoft, Earl of, [23], and note
Worcester, William, antiquary, [26], [27]
Work, definite, lack of among clergy, [137], note
Worke entytled of the olde God and the new, [102], and note
Wycliffe, share in Reformation, [209] et seq.;
books prohibited, [214];
origin of Wycliffite Scriptures, [237], [247]
Wyer, Robert, printer, [285]
Yorkshire, chantries in, [411]
Zwingle, books of prohibited, [213-214]

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