NEW ORDERS (AQA pg 32)

Started in Italy (16th century)
Included priests living under vows, known as clerk regular & orders for laypeople
THEY DEVELOPED CAUSE:
1. Dissatisfaction with existing orders of monks & friars (too established & it lost its zeal (energy)
2. Wanted to express their love in a different way to withdrawing themseleves from the world (Caring for the sick, distribution of charity = very important as there were harvest failure, plagues & war)
3. Satisfying the need for change in the change in the past was by making new orders (Franciscans, Augustinians, Dominicans came about in their criticism of monks & nuns living in enclosed communities)
4. Eaiser to found a new order than change an existing one
All these new orders benefitted the strengthening of the Catholic Church
Provided the lay people with the chance to make a contribution to the Church through helping society
Supported by the Pope which increased their authority
Positive renewal taking place in the Catholic Church
BUT the new orders were small & situated mostly in the North of Italy

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