Economic dislocation fostered anti-clerical sentiment in England.

Evidence

The clergy claimed exemption from taxation, though not always successfully, and they could often flaunt their wealth in the teeth of poverty and economic dislocation. … The powers of Church and State were soon to realise their danger. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 559

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 559
  • XREF: connects to: Economic and political changes drove the need for reform in England. — Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking…, 1540; English agrarian capitalism disciplined church, monarchy, and masses in turn; Crisis-time scapegoating of religious out-groups masks political and economic causes (+1 more)

Broader Connections