Catholicism a serious threat to Elizabeth? Flashcards
What did the Treason Act of 1534 do?
became punishable by death to deny Henry as supreme head
In which places did Catholicism survive?
Yorkshire and Lancashire
How did the Elizabethan settlement allow Catholicism to survive?
39 Articles kept doctrine of the church moderate
What did government do about recusancy?
would often turn a blind eye
What were recusants?
Those who didn’t attend services
Why were laws against recusants strictened?
Because of a rebellion in 1568
Why did Catholic clergy still exist?
There wasn’t enough educated Protestant clergy
Why did catholicsm decline?
due to the government’s hardline approach
What was a factor causing Catholicism to be a threat?
recusancy and Jesuit missions
What did the 1559 Act of Uniformity do?
required everyone to attend Church services and those who didn’t were fined
Why was recusancy still a problem?
most of the nobility and gentry could afford these fines and contiued to worship in private masses and goverment turned a blind eye
How did the late political circumstances lead to catholicism being treated with suspicion?
arrival of queen of Scots
deterioration of relations with spain
Elizabeth’s papal excommunication
Why were majority of Catholics not a threat?
they chose national loyalty
Why did the arrival of Catholic priests become a threat?
They took the extremist approach and were highly educated and they were sheltered
Where did the Catholic priests come from?
The Netherlands
What encouraged catholic plots?
Elizabeth’s excommunication
What was the plot involving Duke of Norfolk in 1571?
He was implicated in a plot by a Florentine banker to use spanish forces to overthrow her
How did parliament respond to the Norfolk plot?
He was executed in 1572 and they wanted to pass an Act that would ban Mary of Scots from the succession
Did Elizabeth agree to the Act?
No and she suspended parliament until 1576 but she did agree Catholics needed to be kept under tighter control
What was made treason?
To bring the bull of excommunication in England
What was a further threat?
The arrival of Jesuit priests
Who was the first to be captured and when?
Cuthbert Mayne was executed in 1577
How were laws made stricter against recusants?
The fine had increased to £20
What did the spymaster Walsingham discover?
He discovered another threat to put Mary on the throne in 1583
