B21HS01AN - HISTORY OF BRITAIN I B3U2 (Q&A)

BLOCK -3

INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MEDIEVAL BRITAIN

UNIT-2

ANTI CLERICAL MOVEMENT

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. Who was called "the master of errors" by the pope in the 14th century?

Ans.John Wycliffe

2. What was the name given to the followers of Wycliffe

Ans. Lollards

3. Who was the first martyr of the lollard movement

Ans. William sawrey

4. Who led a revolt of the lollards

Ans.john old castle

5. Who was known as the morning star of the reformation in England

Ans.John Wycliffe

6. Who let the lollad moment in England after the period of Wycliffe

Ans. Nicholas of herefold

7. Who is the author of the book "the Canterbury tales"?

Ans. Geoffrey chaucer

1. Explain the lollard movement

Ans. The first heritage of England are popularly known as the lollards they were the followers of John wycliffe the name lollards used with disapproval was derived from the middle Dutch meaning Mumbler the first group to be called lollards where some of the colleagues of John wycliffe at Oxford the group was led by Nicolas of here Ford gradually the movement gained for overs outside Oxford the town people merchants generally and sometimes even the lower clergy followed the ideals of the royal household and few members of the house commons extended their support to the movement with the occasion of Henry wave of separation broke out against the lollards .William sawrey the first martyr of the lollard movement was burned alive in 1401. after a few years they broke out a revolt by the large under sir John old castle which was suppressed by the king the moments started working underground from them on mainly among the artisans and that tradesman.

Although the Lollards started as a movement to reform the Roman catholic Church the state and nobility viewed it as a threat to their existence and an incitement to up he will or rebellion initially the crown of England used the movements as a tool to attack the catholic Church later on especially after Henry came to power the crown suppressed the lollards when the anger of the working class erupted in the peasant revolt it was seen as a result of the work of the knowledge it has to be pointed out that the work of John wycliffe was available only to the educated classes but we can assume that he sympathised with the lot of the peasants in the coming century that came to be used to castigate political opponents.

2. List out the ideas that were associated with the lollards

Ans.a) the pope had no part to decide wordly affairs

b) the church was too engrossed in worldly affairs

c) monasticism had deviated from the path of spiritualism

d) the Bible should be made available to all in local languages

e) it is wrong to use divine power for individual gains

f) all our brothers and equals

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