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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I am wondering whether I might use the word "catholycke" to help date the composition of one section of an English chronicle. The quote with that term is from Hall's Chronicle, which was largely composed from about 1530 and first published in 1548. The context is that Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, has just defeated and killed Richard III at Bosworth Field, August 22, 1485. "When therle had thus obteigned victorie and slain his mortal enemie, he kneled doune and rendred to almighty god his harty thankes with deuout & Godly orisons, besechyng hys goodnes to sende him grace to auaunce & defende the catholycke fayth & to maintayn iustice & concord amongest his subiectes & people, by God now to hys gouernauce committed & assigned." (Hall, 1550 ed., Richard III chapter, fol. 34r; online at http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?TextID=halle&PagePosition=645) A supporter of Henry VIII and the English Reformation, Hall rarely uses specific terms like Catholic and Christian, and this "catholycke" in his Richard III chapter sticks out as a possible anachronism. Would anyone care to say that, or speculate whether, the word helps to date the composition of this passage? Every little bit of such dating helps with this edition. Thanks, Al Magary ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html