My focus for this essay will be on the general effects of the churches patronage and education system and its subsequent influence on the development of architecture. I will then discuss the way in which the church nurtured the development of musical tradition, considering also the impact of the reformation on the development of music. This essay will contextualise these developments in a very relevant and turbulent history, as to isolate strictly church influence without considering the ramifications of a synergistic relationship between monarchical changes and their agendas is unrealistic. Due to the broad period covered in this essay title and the possibility of ‘Church' being a worldwide phenomenon, my concentration will be on the churches effect on the development of the arts in England.
Critical to the development of the arts at this time was the strength of religious belief. Religion determined the structure and representation of almost everything including society.......
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