30. The Religious Situation Of 1558

Question 1

How many Protestants had gone into exile during Mary’s reign?

Answer 1

800

Question 2

What did the exiles expect of elizabeth when they returned?

Answer 2

They had high expectations and weren’t tolerant of any compromises with Catholics

Question 3

What did Protestant exiles object to?

Answer 3

A female head of the church

Question 4

What were the extreme exiles referred to as?

Answer 4

Wolves coming out of Geneva

Question 5

Who referred to exiles as ‘wolves coming out of geneva’ ?

Answer 5

Bishop white

Question 6

What did elizabeth think of the more moderate protestants who stayed in England?

Answer 6

She was more comfortable with them

Question 7

Was Catholicism accepted by the population at the point of Mary’s death?

Answer 7

Yes and most were conservative in their beliefs

Question 8

What religion was the House of Commons?

Answer 8

Largely Protestant

Question 9

What religion was the House of Lords?

Answer 9

Catholic, consisting partly of Catholic bishops appointed by Mary

Question 10

What religion were the clergy?

Answer 10

Catholic

Question 11

What happened as a result of a shortage of qualified clergy?

Answer 11

The new bishops were forced to accept poorly trained priests

Question 12

What was there a fear that the pope may do?

Answer 12

Excommunicate elizabeth

Question 13

What religion was Spain?

Answer 13

Catholic

Question 14

Why did Philip II of Spain want to maintain its alliance with england?

Answer 14

To ensure that England doesn’t fall into the hands of the Franco-Scottish alliance

Question 15

What would happen if England became part of the franco-Scottish alliance?

Answer 15

Spain would be cut off from her possessions in the Netherlands

Question 16

Why else did Philip want peace?

Answer 16

He was short of money

Question 17

When was France at war with England?

Answer 17

During the second half of Mary’s reign

Question 18

What happened in the war between France and England at the point of Mary’s death?

Answer 18

The French had taken control of Calais, and peace talks had already begun

Question 19

How would negotiations with France be easier?

Answer 19

If England wasn’t aggressively Protestant

Question 20

What treaty with France was established?

Answer 20

The treaty of Cateau-Cambresis

Question 21

When was the treaty of Cateau-Cambresis?

Answer 21

1559

Question 22

What did the treaty of cateau-cambresis state?

Answer 22

That elizabeth had to accept that France would keep Calais for eight years

Question 23

What happened three months after the treaty?

Answer 23

The Catholic Francis II and his wife Mary Stuart became king and queen of France

Question 24

What throne did Mary Stuart also claim?

Answer 24

The throne of England

Question 25

Who ruled Scotland?

Answer 25

The widow of James V and mother of Mary Stuart, Mary Guise, as regent to her daughter

Question 26

What religion were many Scottish nobles?

Answer 26

Protestant

Question 27

What did the Scottish nobles do the regent?

Answer 27

They overthrew her in 1559

Question 28

Who controlled the Netherlands?

Answer 28

Philip of Spain

Question 29

Why did elizabeth need to maintain good relations with the netherlands?

Answer 29

Antwerp was vital for the English textile trade