History A-Level
Clerical reform and criticism
What Clerical reform and criticism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Clerical reform and criticism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Anticlericalism was resentment of clerical wealth, privilege and corruption, and criticism was fuelled because many parish clergy were poorly trained, absent or impoverished.
Topics that use Clerical reform and criticism
- Conditions in early sixteenth- century Germany (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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