challenges to the Religious Settlement Flashcards
puritans wanted to make the church more……
protestant
puritan
a strict, extreme protestant.
puritans wanted Elizabeth to make further reforms to……….
remove all traces of Catholicism from the English Church.
many of the protestant bishops appointed in 1559 supported the ………… and wanted Elizabeth to make further reforms.
puritans
the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, Matthew Parker, was a moderate who………
helped Elizabeth to uphold the ‘middle way’ of the religious settlement.
many puritans had been….
Marian exiles.
while in in the Protestant parts of Europe, some Puritans had come into contact with the teachings of leading reformers like……………
Martin Luther and John Calvin.
The Vestment Controversy of the 1560s was a serious Puritan challenge to the religious settlement. Puritan priests refused to wear the ……….
surplice
surplice
a white vestment used by Catholics.
the …………………….. had made surplices compulsory to wear.
Royal Injunctions
at first, Elizabeth tolerated some puritan priests refusing to wear the surplice, but in 1965 she ……………..
what happened to those who still refused?
ordered the Archbishop of Canterbury to ensure that all priests wore the surplice.
they lost their jobs and were imprisoned.
a large proportion of the nobility were………
catholic.
the compromise of the religious settlement satisfied some of the remaining catholic nobles, but others refused to …………
attend church services.
recusants
members of the nobility who were catholic who refused to attend church services.
the Catholic nobility was influential in areas outside the south-east, especially ………….
Lancashire.
the Catholic nobility used their strong ……. power to ………….
local
protect Catholics and maintain their traditional religious practices.
why did the Catholic nobility pose a potential threat to the religious settlement?
what did Elizabeth do to minimise this threat?
there was a risk that they might try to overthrow Elizabeth and restore Catholicism
she didn’t force them to attend church services. as long as they didn’t make a public show of their beliefs, they were allowed to continue practising Catholicism.
when did the threat posed by the Catholic nobility increase and become more serious?
when Mary arrived in England in 1968
there was a risk that the Catholic rulers of France or Spain might try to ……….. the Religious settlement and replace Elizabeth with a Catholic monarch.
however, ……………
reverse, challenge
neither country wall in the position to challenge the religious settlement during the 1560s.
the threat of a French invasion was serious in the first years of Elizabeth’s reign, but it faded with the start of the ……………………
Wars of Religion in 1962
in the 1560s, Spain was facing a growing ………. in the Netherlands
revolt
what did Spain do to try and prevent an alliance forming between England and Protestant Netherlands?
Spain tried to stay on good terms with Elizabeth and avoided challenging her religious settlement.
The Catholic aspects of the settlement encouraged Catholic countries and the Pope that ………
what was the result of this?
Elizabeth might eventually return to Catholicism.
it helped reduce the threat of a foreign challenge during the early years of the settlement.
the Pope had the power to e……………. Elizabeth (expel her from the Catholic Church).
this might encourage Catholic countries to ……
it could also encourage ….
excommunicate
invade England.
rebellion at home by releasing Elizabeth’s Catholic subjects from their duty of loyalty to her.
however, neither France or Spain had the …………….. to invade England, and there was no clear …….. for a revolt against Elizabeth at home, so the pope didn’t take any action against her in the 1560s.
military resources
support
