A2 FP1 : Mary I, Religious Changes

Question 1

Conceptual Awareness

What problems were there that Mary had to tackle in order to begin the Counter-Reformation?

Answer 1

• Strong protestant minority in the South and London
• Reformed Church protected by Statue Law
• Members of the Political Elites had acquired Churchland and had no desire to return it.

Question 2

What changes did Mary make at the beginning of her reign?

Answer 2

• 1553 : Repealed the Act of Supremacy and the Act of Repeal which reversed all the Edwardian Reforms and restored the church to what it had been in 1547.

Question 3

What Religious changes did Mary make in 1554?

Answer 3

• Royal injunctions issued - Married Clergy were deprived of their livings, 243 priests lost their posts and 10-25% of the Clergy were deprived for having been married.

Question 4

When was the sentence of excommunication lifted from England?

Answer 4

1554

Question 5

When were the Heresy laws reintroduced?

Answer 5

1554

Question 6

What did the Heresy laws do?

Answer 6

Allowed for the persecution of Protestants.

Question 7

How many protestants left the country in 1554?

Answer 7

800

Question 8

How many Protestants did mary kill?

Answer 8

289 protestants - including the Oxford Martyrs (Cramner, Ridley and Latimer)

Bulk of sufferers were people of humble status which show how protestantism was strong as they would not have had the financial gain like others.

Question 9

Who wrote the book of Martyrs?

Answer 9

John Foxe

Question 10

Where were the burnings of protestants?

Answer 10

South-East, nearly-half of them in London, Canterbury and Colcester.