Supreme Governor of the Church of England

Salem Witch Trials of 1692 Salem was a very disperse community in the Massachusetts Bay colony with a growing Puritan community in the northern America. Towns in the colony were scattered by a half days travel or more. In view of this, transportation and communication was a very slow and the settlers were threatened by the attack of bears and other wild animals. Puritans were spiritual people and believed that God is the ruler of everything they possessed. The puritans believed that they were the

Community”). The Ordained were known as seculars an example of someone who would fall under this division was the pope. The second estate, was of the nobility. The nobility included anyone who worked for or was a part of the royal family. Besides the church this estate held all the judicial and political power (“Social Order” 60). They were many subdivisions in this estate the main one was the monarch, which was composed of, kings, queens, dukes, counts, and different ranks of knights (Ferraro 44). The

The Elizabethan Era has become known as ‘the Golden Age of England.’ Queen Elizabeth I, provided a peace that England had been deprived of for years, she adopted a policy of religious settlement, and encouraged the arts and exploration of new worlds and trade routes. England became a prosperous nation. This was an extraordinary achievement in a patriarchal society, where women were seen as feeble and weak. Historians’ views on the importance of Elizabeth to these advances differ. To some, she is

both Salem Town and Salem Village in 1692. Salem Town was a busy port city, whereas Salem Village was small and agriculturally oriented. Its population consisted of about 500 people. The famed Salem Witch Trials began in Salem Village when the new church minister Samuel Parris’ daughter and niece became sick. nine-year-old Betty Parris and eleven-year-old Abigale Williams, would writh on the ground, scream uncontrollably, and complain of fever, and of being pinched and bitten sporadically. The local

Chapter 14 Unit Questions Pluralism attracted the most negative attention to the Church of the 1400-1500s because when Church-appointed officials did not show up to their benefices, leading to the lack of responsibilty of the Church officials. Immorality was mostly neglect of the rule of celibacy, however immorality was not entirely sexual transgressions, there was also clerical drunkenness, gambling, and indulgence in fancy dress. Ignorance was the lack of education, as many priests were barely

the colonial period, in which Pilgrims and Puritans arrived in a land occupied by Native Americans and started their fight for freedom to create their own society where they had the ability to pursue their own religion; independent from the Church of England, and achieve a simpler life while colonizing America. The primary drive for Europeans coming to America initially arose from a mixture of business interests and religious

Catholic Church. It will identify the nature and importance of continuity and the diversity of causes and outcomes of the Church’s influence through a range of historical perspectives. Since the conversion of Constantine in 313CE, Christianity transformed from a persecuted, unorganized group of believers into a hierarchical, European-dominating institution over the course of the Middle Ages. Developing alongside the changing political environment of post-Roman Europe, the Roman Catholic Church became

September 7, in 1533 to a royal couple by the name of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. She pertained a strong personality and strong political skills in overlooking marriage proposals and intensely flirting with many available suitors. She reigned over England without a king or children (Britannia: Elizabeth 1). Her father was known for the execution of his wives. The king had announced that any daughter would be "illegitimate" to the line of succession because his upcoming sons would be highly favorable

Sixteenth century England saw revolutionary changes in the workings of royal court, separation from the greatest institution in medieval Europe, and the bloodshed of many due to a sole ruler. Henry VIII, the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty, was placed in power and ruled with such ascendancy and lack of mercy that his reign as king is still controversial to this day. Many assertions of his tyrannical ruling are made from interpretations of the last twenty years of his life. However, the crowning

Gender stereotypes have long dominated the controlling arenas of society. These very institutions were consequential in facilitating the modernization of the world. Only later, after the renaissance had catalyzed newer forms of thought, were women allowed the same institutional privileges as their male counterparts. Shakespeare is famous for including Kairos—or the reflection of the present period in literary works—and commonly wrote in the traditional patriarchal perspective of society. In the Twelfth