Edward VI - Religious change Under Somerset

Question 1

How could religious changes under somerset be described?

Answer 1

Changes were primarily ceremonial and not doctrinal

Question 2

What change was made in Feb 1547?

Answer 2

Denunciation of images in London, didn’t directly order it but it did result in the breaking of images.

Question 3

What were issued in July 1547?

Answer 3

Royal Injunctions were issued, these reflected radical attitudes, which condemned many traditional catholic practices. Bible reading in English was permitted for all

Question 4

In the time period Nov-Dec 1547 what were repealed

Answer 4

First parliament, Act of six articles, heresy laws. Govt stripped itself of powers to punish outbursts of anti-catholicism

Question 5

What act was passed in December 1547?

Answer 5

Chantries act- represented a further attack on popular Catholicism and was motivated by the need to pay for expensive foreign policy. Religious guilds and lay brotherhoods were abolished

Question 6

When were all church images banned?

Answer 6

1548

Question 7

What changes did the act of uniformity introduce?

Answer 7

It banned the Latin mass and enforced the Book of Common Prayer

The book of common prayer was wrote by Cramner

Question 8

What did Somerset’s reign experience?

Answer 8

A sustained attack on popular religious practice, particularly in London

Question 9

How significant were the social impacts of Somerset’s changes?

Answer 9

Highly significant-amounted to a sustained attack on the religious experiences for ordinary people. The injunctions of 1547 attacked many traditional Catholic practices