Assuming you're referring to bread and circuses as they existed during the Roman Empire, their purpose was to keep the populous entertained and distracted from the fact that the Empire was in shambles so they wouldn't revolt.
It helps monitor the ethics of public life, and it monitors government officials.
England became a protestant country in 1534
A kamikaze was a Japanese pilot who was trained in WW2 to make a suicidal crash attack, etc, on anything, but they mostly targeted ships. (Battleships, Cargo, etc)