33. Support For Puritanism Flashcards
Who supported the puritans within the privy council?
William Cecil and the earl of Leicester
What did William Cecil and the earl of Leicester do to support the puritans?
Spoke up for ministers who were being threatened with loss of their posts
Who helped John Field gain a preaching license?
Leicester
Where did some of the dismissed clergy find refuge?
In the households of gentry and noble sympathisers
Why was noble and gentry sponsorship important?
Helped set up lectureships which allowed puritans to preach
What did the puritan movement lack?
An agreed doctrine and was divided
Why did Puritanism being bible-centred limit support?
It required a reasonable standard of literacy
What had happened to a lot of key supporters in court and by when?
They had died by the 1580s
When did John field die?
1588
Why was it bad that John field died?
No one else had his organisational skills, which left Puritanism localised
What was seen as a triumph for the English church?
The defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588
What did the defeat of the Spanish Armada undermine?
The puritan argument that their help was needed to undermine the Catholic menace
What did the Martin Marprelate Tracts lead to?
Shocked many moderate Protestants and allowed the clamping down on printing presses by Richard Bancroft
