Chapter 16: The Social Impact of Religious and Economic Changes under Mary I Flashcards
Religious change, economic change, rebellion, intellectual developments
1
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What religious change was made at the very beginning of Mary’s reign?
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- Prominent protestant clergy including 7 bishops deprived of livings
- Foreign protestants ordered to leave the country
- 80 MPs voted against religious change
2
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What was the 1st Act of Repeal?
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- 1553
- Repealed religious laws from Edward
- Priests who were married deprived of livings
- Church restored to 1547 state
- 6 articles restored
3
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What religious change happened in 1554?
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- Repealed Henrician act of attainder
- Issue of monastic lands (in 3rd Parliament) - property rights for ex monastic land protected
4
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What was the problem with the new pope and when did he appear?
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- Pope Paul IV - 1555
- Suspicious of Philip
- Saw Pole as a heretic
- Mary ended up fighting the papacy and slowing reforms
5
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What happened with the burning of heretics?
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- 1555+
- Around 280 protestants burnt at stake in mainly the south east and East Anglia
- Showed protestantism was more widespread that’s previously thought
- Bishops Ridley, Hooper and Latimer executed
- Increases Mary’s unpopularity
6
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What was the 2nd Act of Repeal?
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- 1555
- Finalised reforms - took England back to pre 1530s
- Ended royal supremacy
- Repealed ant papal legislation from Henry VIII
7
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What was Pole’s Legatine Synod?
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- 1555-6
- Pastoral improvements in parishes
- More seminaries, bishops to carefully oversee their parishes
- Would have had a larger impact but Mary died
- Only north-west and Durham responded well
8
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What was the impact of the burning of Cranmer?
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- 1556
- Large audience - he refused to recant his faith
- Put god before the monarch and became a true martyr
- Figurehead for protestants
9
Q
What were current long term economic problems on England?
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- Increased population
- Low productivity increase caused inflation
10
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What were current medium term economic problems in England?
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- Debasement caused worse inflation
11
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What were current short economic problems in England?
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- Bad harvests 1555+6
- Sweating sickness 1557+8
- Taxation for French war
12
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What economic change was made to do with currency?
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- 1556-8
- Recoinage plans
- Carried out by Elizabeth
13
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What economic change was made to do with the poor?
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- 1555
- Poor law act (extended the 1552 one)
- Licensed beggars had badges to encourage parishioners to donate
14
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What economic change was made to do with industry?
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- Encourage conversion of pasture land to crop farming
- Movement of industry towns to countryside discouraged to reduce urban unemployment
15
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What economic change was made to do with the military?
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- Reorganised the navy
- 6 new ships built - others repaired
