131-023 Reformation England 1485-1560

Formerly available as 131-206/306. Students who have completed 131-206 or 131-306 are not eligible to enrol in this subject.

Usually 25 points of first-year history, see Prerequisites.

This subject examines political, religious and cultural change in England from the end of civil war in 1485 to the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1559. Students will consider how new ideas about government, theology and identity were developed, enforced or contested at court, church, and university, as well as in towns and villages. Topics to be studied include the rise of humanism, Henry VIII and the royal supremacy, female monarchy, popular rebellions, monasticism, the suppression of heresy, art and architecture, Catholic and Protestant ritual, death and the afterlife.