Chapeter 7 Flashcards
What was Laudiamism?
Radical group
German evangelist
More inclusion in church
Music made more accessible through instruments, fugues & cantatas
How did Laudians worship?
Ritual & ceremony rather than preaching the bible
What did Laudianism ‘beauty of holiness consist of’?
What was the reaction of puritans?
Removal of gentry pews
Ministers wear vestiments
Music
Decoration (stained glass windows)
Communion table at east end
Ceremony
Angered puritans as wanted plain ceremony
What puritan idea did Laudianism reject?
Predestination
When & by who was Laudianism imposed?
What did this cause?
Personal rule 1629-40
Laud & Charles
Puritan idea of Catholic conspiracy: Catholic & Laudian influence at court
Who replaced the Calvinist Archbishop of Canterbury?
When?
Laud (Arminian & Laudian)
1633
When & why does Charles & Laud’s authority collapse?
By 1640
Under puritan backlash
What was Arminianism perceived as?
Close to Catholicism (wasn’t)
What was James & Charles’ religious preferences?
What did the is trigger?
Arminianism
Charles especially Laudianism
Religious wars in 1630s
What was the general religious standing of the PN?
What did being at the centre of Jacobethan balance mean
Conservative calvinists
PN could tolerate Arminianism & Puritanism (A more than P)
What were the puritans?
Calvinists
Presbyterians
‘Hotter sort of Protestants’
Smaller group but threatening
Anti Catholic & milinarialism
What were puritan beliefs?
Extreme: caused hatred from others
Transubstantiation
Chosen by god to be saved (unpopular)
Importance in bible
Why did puritans want to reform the church?
To remove all Catholic traces
What was the St Gregorys case?
When?
1633
St Gregorys church challenged moving their communion table
Offended by rich decorated cloth on table
Parishes brought before Privy Council by Charles as a test case
What was the high levels of immigration to North America a reaction to?
The personal rule 1629-40
Who was John Williams?
Bishop
Imprisoned 1637
Criticised altar policy in his publishings
‘Altar’ word considered Catholic
Who were Pryne, Burton & Bastwick?
Respected puritans
Brought to court for criticisms of church policy
1637
What actions were taken against Pryne, Burton & Bastwick?
Guilty of criticising Laud’s measures
Fined £500
Imprisoned for life
What was the public reaction to the Pryne, Burton & Bastwick case?
Public sympathy (because of standing not because people agreed with them)
Who was John Lilburne?
Puritan
Opposed Laudianism
1638 found guilty of printing unsolicited literature
Fined, whipped & pilloried in public
Stop produced writings
Why was Laudianism imposed on scotland?
When?
Charles & laud resented independence of Scottish church
Charles aim of conformity across all kingdoms
1625-37
What was the prominent religion in Scotland?
Presbyterianism
What was the 1625 proclamation?
Commanded Scottish observation of Articles of Perth
What was the Act of Revocation?
When?
1625
Exploited feudal right to take land from Scots to support Church of Scotland
United landowners against Charles
When was Charles’ first visit to Scotland since 1625?
1633
To be crowned king
Form of ceremony too Catholic
Showed priorities
When was the new prayer book announced?
Who was it for?
When was it introduced?
What did it cause?
1633 after Charles coronation in Scotland
Scotland
1637
Rebellion (start of civil wars)
What were the problems with the new prayer book?
Leant towards Catholicism
Threatened religious independence
Charles didn’t consult Scottish Kirk or Scottish parliament
Triggered Scottish rebellion: conflict at St Giles cathedral
What was milinarialism close to?
What was it a reaction to?
What did it believe in?
Protestantism
Against Laudianism
End of the world
Judgement day near
