how did religion control what writers could write and couldn't write between the 16th to 18th century?

Question

can someone explain how religion shaped brithish literature to what its is today.

Answer 1

REAL writers have no limitations.
Sorry to hear you have homework over the holidays.

Answer 2

In the earlier centuries, it wasn't that the writers were neccessarily controlled, but the copies of what was written. Before Guttenberg and the printing press, almost everything was copied for the masses by monks. If a religious group is copying and distributing a written work, chances are it will be altered. Later, after the printing press, there were laws to govern what could and could not be written. A writer could write whatever he/she (although mainly he) wanted, but getting it published and distributed became a different story. In Europe, a majority of rulers were Catholic so the Vatican easily dominated localized laws. Hope that makes sense and Happy Holidays!

Answer 3

During the 16th to the 18th century, anyone that wrote anything that the church didn't approve of was censured, often branded heretic and their writings destroyed. Sometimes they were even jailed, tortured and worse. That made it so that most authors of the time made a concerted effort to either not write anything that could cause them trouble, or to veil it in such a way that only a very few knew what they were truly saying.

Answer 4

By murdering them as heretics if religion didn't like what it was reading! Astronomers couldn't say that the world revolved around the sun - scientists of the day couldn't say that maybe the earth wasn't made in 7 days - there was no such thing as dinosaurs because they pre-dated religion doctrine - midwives were burned at the stake for collecting herbs and such like - why it's referred to as "the dark ages". If anyone could read (& I doubt there were many) it was usually the bible - (and let's face it, it doesnt have a real good take on reality as we now know it) anything contrary to that was heresy and we all know wot happened to heretics. In the name of God so much was lost!

Answer 5

After Henry the 8th died and the religous values changed in Britian, the church along with the Monarchy were the supreme rulers, and there were uprising in Scotland and Ireland that were quelled by the armys of the crown on behalf of the wanting to envoke supreme control, it has always been assumed that the monarch is a patron of the church and God himself, it was not only in Britian, but France and especailly Spain suffered greatly because of the church rule and corruption of the monarchy in itself will to control the people through the church and religion.

Answer 6

In a world where expressing an unpopular view can get you imprisoned or worse- expression is repressed, something all religions are guilty of at one time or another. Things haven't changed, only the who and where.

Today- write critically about a muslim subject, and some religious may well put out a hit on you... a fatwa.

Answer 7

16th, 18th century was years that liberal thinking was making it way.At this point in time the mornachies led pple to believe that they were representing God. any libel against the mornachies was believed to be libel against divine power.it was scholars bussiness elites that came together and changed this paradigm shift

Answer 8

Write in favor or be labeled a Heretic and then murdered.Oh.yes in the name of God.Control freak,butchers.

Answer 9

hangmen, stretching racks, thumb screws, crusifictions, burning at the stake and being pulled apart by wild horses. they were frightenly creative with control measures.