History A-Level
The desire for Church reform
What The desire for Church reform means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Humanists wanted to improve clerical education and moral standards rather than alter core Catholic doctrine.
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- Anti-clericalism
- Church and State relations
- Community and collective worship
- Community and everyday life
- Intellectual movements and education
- Popular religion and piety
- Religious dissent and orthodoxy
- Simony
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