Thomas Becket, William Warham and the Crisis of the Early Tudor Church

England's first Tudor monarchs were formally devoted to the cult of St Thomas of Canterbury. In popular memory, however, Thomas was a champion of law and custom, an opponent of untrammelled royal power, and - especially among the clergy - a martyr for ecclesiastical ‘liberties’. This suggests t...

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Main Author: Marshall, Peter 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2020]
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2020, Volume: 71, Issue: 2, Pages: 293-315
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thomas a Becket 1118-1170 / Saints / Heinrich, VIII., England, König 1491-1547 / Warham, William 1450-1532 / England / State / Church / History 1450-1539
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
KCD Hagiography; saints
RB Church office; congregation
SA Church law; state-church law
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Summary:England's first Tudor monarchs were formally devoted to the cult of St Thomas of Canterbury. In popular memory, however, Thomas was a champion of law and custom, an opponent of untrammelled royal power, and - especially among the clergy - a martyr for ecclesiastical ‘liberties’. This suggests that the pre-Reformation Church was considerably less ‘monarchical’ than is sometimes supposed. In the 1530s Thomas became a powerful symbol of resistance to Henry VIII's royal supremacy. However, the fact that he could be portrayed as a patron of the clergy's sectional interests helps to explain how opposition was weakened and divided.
ISSN:1469-7637
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S002204691800266X