History A-Level
Religious reform and intellectual movements
What Religious reform and intellectual movements means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Religious reform and intellectual movements
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Christian humanists like John Colet, Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus sought internal reform through scholarship and satire rather than schism.
Topics that use Religious reform and intellectual movements
- 2C The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) – The condition of the Church, c1500–1517 (AQA A-Level)
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- Church courts
- Clerical Authority
- Clerical hierarchy
- Everyday religious experience and devotion
- Institutional corruption and moral decay
- Salvation and Grace
- Social tensions and anti-clericalism
- The tension between institutional abuse and popular faith
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