Elizabeth and Catholics Flashcards
What Act made Elizabeth the leader of the Church of England?
Act of Supremacy 1559
What act made attendance of a Protestant Church mandatory?
Act of Uniformity 1559
Who was a Conformer?
Someone who switched from Catholic to Protestant
Who was a Church papist?
Catholics who attended Protestant services but remained Catholic secretly
Who was a Recusant?
Catholic people who refused to go to church and just paid the fines
Who was a Plotter?
Catholics who plotted against the Queen
What was the Act of Persuasions?
Raised the fines by 10,000%
What was the Act Against Priests?
Anyone who sheltered a Catholic Priest was killed
What was the Recusancy Act
2/3 of land could be taken from Recusants
What was the Act Restraining Recusants?
Meant that Catholics had to stay within 5 miles of their homes
What was a Seminary Priest?
Supported Catholics and didn’t try to covert people to Catholicism
Came from France and Italy
What was a Jesuit Priest?
Came to convert people to Catholicism
What did the rich do to hide Catholic Priests?
Priest holes
What did Walshingham do?
He organised a spy network, which included reading mail
There were more spies than priests
Mary Queen of Scots
Came to England to stay safe from Scottish Nobels
Mary was imprisoned
