relationship between church and stae 3.1

role of the tudor church before 1529

-was vary powerful snd had own herarciy and structure, with pope as the head 

- children baptised into church, held weddings and funerals and was the main source of education and poor relief 

-was all in latin 

- route to power, eg wosley 

relations between chruch and state pre 1529

- tensions started to rise over power and privlages of the clergy and the church, undermined monarch eg benifit of clergy, sancuary and ablility of papacy to intervene in english churches 

Hvii

usurper, Henry was careful to uphold trad priv of Church except when it threatened his own power e.g. prepared to override sanctuary laws to arrest Humphrey Stafford who plotted rebellion 1486

• 1489 and 1491 Henry passed laws tightening controls over claiming benefit of clergy, tho wasn't intended as attack on Church's power,

Hviii

Henry VIII's relation with Church good enough for Wolsey to secure top-level position e.g. bishoprics of Durham, Bat and Tournai (France), eventually promoted to Archbishop of York 1514, 1515 appointed to…