Chapter 23 Flashcards
Where was protestant opposition limited to
London and South East
Threat of Puritan Choir
- recent historians have suggested evidence of a ‘Puritan Choir’ in Parliament that pushed for radical reform
- However, evidence suggests that this isn’t true as there were only 25 Puritan MP’s who weren’t known to have formed a faction
Why were visitations carried out under ELixabeth
to enforce complaince with the 1559 injunctions
why were the visitations under elixabeth so harsh
Visitors took action on the spot, resulting in destructionof altars and clerical clothing
why was Protestant oppostion to Elizabeth was more significant than Catholic
- Forced Elizabeth to compromise
- Catholics were easily cruched or not threatening
evidence of Protestant opposition like from clergy
- Elizabeth demanded all churches should have a crucifix on the altar
- Bishops Jewel and Grindal (Salisbury and London) threatened to resign
- Elizabth backed down
what started the Vesterian Controversy
- In January 1565, the Queen wrote to Archbishop Parker to demand he use his authority to ensure clergy did not devate from the religious settlement
- He published The Advertisements in 1566 of what was expected by the clergy
What did Parker’s Advertisments clearly state
- Font should be used at baptism rather than the basin
- Surplice should only be worn for church services
- Clergy should wear biretta outside of church
how did Parker’s Advertisments escalate into the Vesterian Controversy
- Puritans argued that vestments were theologically significant, not anaphora
- Thought it was not the monarch’s right to determine clercial dress
- Produced pampheltes with their biblical references forbidding the wearing of surplices
Evidence of Elizabeth not wanting to be involved with policy directly
Elizabeth refused Parker’s request to enforce the Advertisments officially
What made anabaptist opposition so significant/threatening
Open defiance
What did anabaptists believe that challanged Elixabeth’s Church
- Refuse to pay tithes
- Refuse to swwear loyalty to the monarch
- only adults not children should be baptised
Why were anabaptists not that significant of a threat
Their number was small and they weren’t heavily concentrated enough Lonon to have significant impact
Nicholas Sanders quote
- Catholic priest under Elizabeth
- ‘Not so many as one in a hundred of the English are Protestant’
Catholic opposition from clergy for elizabeth
- 400 preists either resigned or were deprived of their livings for refusing to conform
- Although this only weakened Catholic opposition
Evidence of PARISHS defying Elizabeth’s settlement
- parish church of Swine, there was a banner of the five wounds of Christ that was used in the Pilgrimage of Grace
- In Lancashire and Cheshire thaere was evidece of rood lofts and parishes lacked copies of English bibles
Evidence of INDIVIDUALS defying Elizabeth’s settlement
- William Wall of Preston still placed sacrament in the mouths of communicants
- Common
- Laity in Cheshire also drew crosses in chalk on the walls of thier parish
Words to describe most Catholic opposition under elizabeth
Low-level grumbling but conforming
How did JP’s aid catholic opposition
Number of individuals who would’ve been charged with recusancy was reduced in areas where the old faith was prominent
What shows that Elizabeth wanted religious freedom but conformity with her requirement to swear the Oath of Supremacy
- Faliure to swear it on the second occasion was punishable by death
- Although Archbishop Parker was instructed to not give anyone the chance to swear for a second time
