chapter 7

Question 1

why were puritans not hugely popular?

Answer 1

they saw themselves as better and more godly than everyone else

Question 2

what were the 2 main characteristics of laudianism?

Answer 2

rejection of predestination and more emphasis on ritual and ceremony

Question 3

what were some of the laudian measure imposed?

Answer 3

communion table moved and railed off as altar, increased emphasis on ceremony and music in services, more decoration and iconography, removal of gentry’s ornamental pews, ministers wore vestments

Question 4

what was included in the new altar policy?

Answer 4

communion table alligned north(where catholic altar would have been), chancel area seperated by a rail, altar covered in embroidered cloth

Question 5

what was the reissued book of sports?

Answer 5

activities, sports and dancing encourages on sundays - puritans saw this as an attack as they believed sundays were godly days

Question 6

what were feoffees for impropriations?

Answer 6

banned in 1633 - organisation of puritans who raised money to control the appointment of clergy in parishes to establish puritan preachers

Question 7

what were visitations?

Answer 7

where bishops visited parishes to report on levels of conformity and also inspected the physical conditions of churches

Question 8

what impact did charles’ support of laudianism lead to?

Answer 8

a catholic conspiracy mentality - many believed he was being influenced by catholics at court - fear being driven by fear of puritans

Question 9

what year were laud’s measures made law?

Answer 9

1640

Question 10

what were the main aims of puritans?

Answer 10

wanted catholic influence removed from the church, focussed on importance of bible and placed religion at the centre of life

Question 11

what were arminian and laudian measures seen as?

Answer 11

too close to catholicism

Question 12

what happened with st greg’s case?

Answer 12

family pews were moved and the moving of the communion table as a result of laudian measures caused offence - parishioners were brought before the privy council as a test case

Question 13

what happened with john williams?

Answer 13

imprisoned for criticising altar policy - regarded as too catholic for puritans

Question 14

what happened with prynne, burton and bastwick?

Answer 14

they were puritans who criticised church policy and were fined £5000 each, ears were cropped, and imprisoned for life

Question 15

why was the prynne, burton and bastwick case so controversial?

Answer 15

all were from respectable careers and not many had actually read their criticisms - punishment was seen as too harsh

Question 16

what happened with john lilburne?

Answer 16

found guilty by star chamber of printing unlicensed literature - was fined, publicly humiliated and imprisoned but he continued to write

Question 17

why was the imposition of laudianism so contested in scotland?

Answer 17

scotland was largely prebyterian and saw the measures as too catholic

Question 18

what was the act of revocation?

Answer 18

where charles took land from scottish elite to support the church in scotland

Question 19

what was the impact of the act of revocation?

Answer 19

alienated landowners and united them against charles

Question 20

what happened in 1633?

Answer 20

charles went to be crowned king of scotland and had a more catholic ceremony

Question 21

what else did charles do around the time of his coronation in 1633?

Answer 21

introduced the rank of bishop, made st giles a cathedral and announced a new prayer book

Question 22

what was introduced in the canon laws of 1636?

Answer 22

altar had to be against the east wall of the chancel, minsters had to wear supplice when doing communion, ministers had to read from the new prayer book

Question 23

how were the canon laws of 1636 imposed?

Answer 23

royal prerogative but the general assembly/scottish parliament also had a say in it

Question 24

when was the new prayer book imposed in scotland?

Answer 24

1637

Question 25

what was the result of the imposition of the new prayer book?

Answer 25

led to a conflict in st giles cathedral when the priest started reading from the prayer book as it was seen as too close to catholicism and ultimately triggered the scottish rebellion which triggered the civil war

Question 26

why did millenarians believe they were right?

Answer 26

saw the political crisis as a sign that the world was ending and that judgement day was nigh