Elizabeth 1 - Religion Flashcards
Problems with Catholics - 1569
Northern rebellion
Religion + faction
1570
Excommunication
Changed relationship domestically and abroad
1568
Mary QoS arrival
Catholic heir with good claim to the throne
Plots
Ridolfi 1571
Throckmorton 1583
Babington 1586
Catholics
Missionary priests 1574
Jesuits 1580
Increasing fines/punishments throughout the reign
Law in 1585 mad it treason to hide Catholic priests
Edmund campion executed 1581
Many Catholics like the catholic elements of the religious settlement - choose conform over oppose
1588
Spanish Armada
Unites England against foreign Catholicism
Many Catholics are conforming
Follow Elizabeth rather than the pope/catholic countries
Puritans
Religious settlement- good start
1563 - tried to Chang Enron within - convocation - grindal as archbishop
Hated Catholic elements of the settlement - vestments 1576 - bells +smells - episcopal system - national organisation
Wanted a Calvinist system
Willing to overlook these problems - aidiaphora
Grindal’s arrest 1576 - tried to Change from below - ordinary people
Fail due to split between conforming puritans and radical Puritans - John field and Thomas Cartwright
Separatist puritans - brownists/barrowists - attacked 1590s
Henry barrow executed in 1593 - spreading separatist views
Religious settlement 1559
Act of supremacy - made Elizabeth supreme governor of the Church of England
Act of uniformity - set out how religion should work in England
1552 - book of common prayer should be used under pain of imprisonment
Everyone had to attend church on Sunday or a holy day or pay a 12d fine - went to poor relief
Wording of communion allowed for differing interpretations - including transubstantiation
Church vestments from 2nd year Edward were to be reintroduced
All members of the clergy were to swear an oath of supremacy
Forced through parliament after arrest of 2 Marian bishops - lords biggest obstacle
