. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . buildings of im-portance that?\\ehave are akini n (1 a t e a n d 3I0XASTIC PLATE: (iOLU I.\l E\SE IJOAT. ^ ,_ , . (r,y permission of Messrs. Macuiillan and Boins, Camhriihji:.) WOrkUianSllip tO the great Per-pendicular cluuT-hcs wliji h are so plentifid. The juass of thepeo])le were loyal churchmen: yetthere were stirrings, observed by thekeen eye of foreign visitors, of nowlicliefs in things sacred. Tliere
. Social England; a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . buildings of im-portance that?\\ehave are akini n (1 a t e a n d 3I0XASTIC PLATE: (iOLU I.\l E\SE IJOAT. ^ ,_ , . (r,y permission of Messrs. Macuiillan and Boins, Camhriihji:.) WOrkUianSllip tO the great Per-pendicular cluuT-hcs wliji h are so plentifid. The juass of thepeo])le were loyal churchmen: yetthere were stirrings, observed by thekeen eye of foreign visitors, of nowlicliefs in things sacred. Tliere aremany, says the Italian Iiclation ofEngland, who have various opiruonsconcerning religion : but the generalaspect of the |:)eo]ile, as the sameacute observer saw it, A\as distiiictlvreligious, They all attend massevery day, and say many paternostersin ]iublic (the women carrying longrosaries in theirhands, and aii\- whocan read taking tlicothce of our Ladywith them, and witlisome companion re-citing it in the churchverse by verse, in alow voice, after themaimer of the re-ligious); they alwayshear mass on Sunday in llich- parish rlninh, and give liberal Camden Society, p ;.. *^ .MONASTIC ILATE: (/>,/ permission of Messrs. .Miiriinlhni and UoweSt Cambridge.) THE CHURCH UNDER HENRY TIL 639 1509] alms, because they may not offer less than a piece of moneywhereof fourteen are equal to a gold ducat; nor do they omitany form incumbent upon good Christians. From such apeople, as might be expected,the offermgs were large, andin spite of the poverty ofmany of the monastic houses,the appearance of thechurches was one of greatopulence. Above all, saysthe authority iilready quoted, the riches of the people aredisplayed in the church trea-sures ; for there is not a parishchurch in the kingdom somean as not to possess cruci-fixes, candlesticks, censers,paten, and chalice of silver,nor is there a convent ofmendicant friars so poor asnot to have all these samearticles in silv
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