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This article explores the social impact of the Reformation in the 15th and 16th centuries, focusing on changes in education, women's status, and marriages. It highlights the decline of clergy enrollment, the transformation of monasteries, the rise of humanist ideas in education, and the improved status of women. Additionally, it discusses the shift in marriage practices and the challenges of high mortality rates.
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15th Century (1400’s) • 100+ days of fasting • Clergy carried out laws • Monasteries + Nunneries= the place to be • Religious shrines worshiped • Indulgence preachers common • Clergy complete with concubine, child • Church influenced education and culture
16th century • Clergy enrollment down 1/3 • Monasteries become orphanages • Teaching in the vernacular • Fines for idol worship • Clergy married • Rich, richer; poor, poorer • Clergy on the same level as commoners
Educational Changes • Education revolves around new Humanist ideas. • The works of Thomas Aquinas are looked upon for answers to Church questions.
Women aren’t viewed as evil temptresses… • They are now exalted. • Women now more equal to men. • The idea that women distract clerics is put down
Later Marriages • Mid-late 20’s for men, early 20’s women • More remarriages due to high mortality rates
Arranged Marriages • Parents did not force strangers to live together. • Children did have rights.
Random Facts • 1/3 of Children died by age 5 • ½ died in their teens • Wet nurses were used by the upper class with negative consequences • Cervantes writes Don Quixote • Shakespeare is alive and well during this time period.
