Challenges to Religious Settlement (Catholics) Flashcards
Who started the reformation
German monk - Martin Luther
How did the Catholic church plan to take back control
Intro - land - 1566 - contradiction - heritic - clear msg
At the time Lizzy introduced the R.S - Catholic Church planned to take back control through counter-reformation
A plan to take back land controlled by protestant clergy
1566 - Pope Pius V instructed English Catholics to not attend CofE services - direct contradiction to AoU - that tried to unite the people under 1 church
Lizzy labelled a heretic - traitor to God
Clear message - Church would not tolerate enemies
Lizzy was an opp fr.
Why was Elizabeth reluctant to persecute Catholics
Allowed them unofficially to practices catholicism in secret - recusants
Did not want them to turn into religious martyrs and avoid religious rebellion
Where were most Catholics based
North England - third of the nobility (recusants)
Why did nobles dislike Lizzy
Nobles gained large amounts of wealth and land under previous Queen Mary I - a concern that Lizzy favoured Protestants over them
Why did the nobles have a clear reason to rebel against Lizzy
Loss of Influence + Pope’s instruction = clear reason to rebel ( Northern Rebellion)
What was the result of the Northern Earls revolt
Lizzy executed key Earls
Pope disapproved Lizzy’s action - thought of it was a direct attack on Catholicism - ex-communicated in 1570 - removed from Catholic church - signalling that she was an enemy to Catholic Church
Increased threat to Elizabeth - surrounded by Catholic powers - France, Spain and Rome
