Chapter 4 Flashcards

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When was the Jacobean period?

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1603-25

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When was the Caroline period?

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1625-49

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What was the Protestant belief of predestination?

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The belief that an individual’s salvation was already decided by God and was not dependent on how that person lived.

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How did Puritans sometimes refer to themselves?

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The Godly

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What did Puritans believe about the Church of England?

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That it had not been sufficiently reformed.

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What did Arminians believe about the Church of England?

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That it had been reformed enough or perhaps too much, and wanted to bring it into line with traditional Catholic practices.

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What sect were the majority of people in England?

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Calvinist

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How were Arminians viewed by many?

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As being too close to Catholicism because of their emphasis on ceremony.

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Why did all English Protestants share a general hostility to Catholicism?

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  • Because of the war against Catholic Spain under Elizabeth.
  • The burning of Protestants under the Catholic ‘Bloody’ Mary (1553-58).
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What was James I prepared to make a distinction between?

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Catholics who were quiet and those who were factious.

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What were recusancy fines?

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Fines imposed on people who did not attend the compulsory Church of England service on Sunday.

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12
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Who were Jesuits?

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A religious order seen as the aggressive arm of the Catholic Church.

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13
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When did James I order the collection of recusancy fines?

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May 1603

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14
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When was the Gunpowder Plot?

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November 1605

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What did James I do in response to the Gunpowder Plot?

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Introduced the Oath of Allegiance.

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When did James I introduce the Oath of Allegiance?

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1606

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What did the Oath of Allegiance require people to do?

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Swear Catholic recusants to declare their allegiance to James and not the Pope.

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How were Puritans referred to?

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the hotter sort of Protestant

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When was the Millenary Petition?

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What was the Millenary Petition?

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A petition presented to James I by Puritans as he travelled to London to claim the throne.

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What did the Millenary Petition say?

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It was a list of requests calling for:

  • modifications in church services
  • freedom of ministers to not wear ceremonial robes
  • education requirements for ministers
22
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When did James I announce that all tithes would go towards paying better salaries for church ministers?

23
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What were tithes?

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1/10 of parishioners’ produce which paid the salary of clergymen.

24
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What was James I announcement on tithes a response to?

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The Millenary Petition

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When was the Hampton Court Conference?
1604
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What did James I do in response to the Millenary Petition other than tithes?
He called the religious Hampton Court Conference.
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What was the only outcome of the Hampton Court Conference?
The start of the King James Bible.
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When was the King James Bible completed?
1611
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What had James I hoped the Hampton Court Conference would be?
A settlement of all the matters that were being questioned by the Puritans.
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When did James I approve Bancroft's Canons that were passed by the Church of England?
September 1604
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Why were Bancroft's Canons provocative to Puritans?
They upheld many Church practices that Puritans had condemned in the Millenary Petition.
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What 3 things did Bancroft's Canons uphold that Puritans had criticised and wanted removed?
* Clerical dress * Use of the sign of the cross in baptism * Bowing at the name of Jesus
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When was Richard Bancroft made Archbishop of Canterbury?
December 1604
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Along with appointing Bancroft to Archbishop, what did James I push for in the church at the same time?
Conformity with Bancroft's Canons which meant persecuting Puritans.
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What did Bancroft order to happen with regards to his Canons?
All clergy that refused to conform were expelled.
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What were the expelled clergy known as?
The Silenced Brethren
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What was the term used to describe the broad church maintained by Elizabeth and James?
The Jacobethan balance.
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What did James I not do towards the end of his rule that signalled his move towards Arminianism?
He did not censor Richard Montagu's book, A New Gag for and Old Goose, an Arminian piece of literature.
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How was Charles I's court viewed by Calvinists and Puritans?
As being dominated by Arminians or Catholics
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Who was Charles I's wife?
French Princess Henrietta Maria.
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Why was Charles I's marriage religiously problematic?
Henrietta Maria was a Catholic and Charles was already seen as favouring Arminians too much.
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What was Catholicism synonymous with?
Absolutism
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What did Charles I do to Richard Montagu?
He made him his royal chaplain, a very provocative move.
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When was the York House Conference?
February 1626
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Who chaired the York House Conference?
Duke of Buckingham - Charles did not attend.
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What came out of the York House Conference?
Nothing.
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When was Laud made Bishop of London?
1628