Challenges to the Religious Settlement Flashcards
Give FIVE things the Puritans opposed about the Religious Settlement
Bishops running the Church
The appearance of the Church
The Queen as Supreme Governor
The white surplice
Transubstantiation left vague, not rejected outright (wording of the Prayer Book)
Why did some Puritans accept posts as bishops in the new Church if they disagreed with the Religious Settlement?
They hoped this would make the Church more Puritan
What did the Puritan bishops attempt to remove from the Religious Settlement between 1559 and 1563?
Holy days, crucifixes, organ music and vestments
Why did Puritans not wish to remove Elizabeth as monarch?
They knew the alternative - the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots - would be worse for them
What did Elizabeth say about crucifixes in the Religious Settlement?
Every Church should display a crucifix
What attitude did Puritan bishops have towards the crucifixes?
They threatened to resign if Elizabeth did not remove them
How did Elizabeth respond to the Puritan bishops who wanted the crucifixes to be removed from churches?
She backed down and removed them
What did the Archbishop of Canterbury include in the Book of Advertisements in 1566?
Instructions on what vestments should be worn by the clergy
How many Puritan priests refused to wear the vestments and lost their jobs?
37 out of 110
Why did ordinary people store away Catholic images and relics and not throw them away completely?
They did not know whether the Religious Settlement would last for very long
What proportion of the nobility and gentry were Catholic recusants?
One-third
Give two examples of activities recusants would do in the 1560s
Become chaplains to the Catholic nobles and celebrate Mass in their houses
Establish secret meeting places with other recusants
What instruction did Pope Pius IV give to English Catholics in 1566?
They should not attend Church of England services
Why did French troops withdraw from Scotland in 1560?
English soldiers had invaded
What did Elizabeth do when religious civil war broke out in France?
She supported the Protestant Huguenots against the Catholics (and tried to regain Calais)
Did Elizabeth’s intervention in the French Wars of Religion succeed?
No - the two sides made peace (and she lost Calais for good)
Which country did Spain control in the 1560s?
The Netherlands
What did Philip II do as a result of Elizabeth backing the Protestant Huguenots in France?
Banned the trading of cloth between England and the Netherlands for a year
