Elizabeth and Religion Flashcards
What were the 4 factors in finalising Elizabeth’s religious settlement?
- Her own religious aims
- Foreign affairs
- Protestants and Catholics
- Finances
What 2 acts made up the Religious Settlement?
Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity
What did Elizabeth use throughout her reign?
An English bible
What did the 1559 Act of Uniformity restore?
The 1552 Second Book of Common Prayer
What Catholic element liked by QE was kept?
Music in Church services
Why did QE walk out of Xmas mass in 1558?
The officiating bishop raised the host against her wishes - transubstantiation
What Protestant tradition hated by QE was kept?
Clerical marriage
What religious situation did the Settlement create?
A via media
What did England lose on the 7th January 1558?
Calais
How did QE believe England could regain Calais?
By England not becoming too Protestant
What was signed in April 1559?
The Treaty of Cateau Cambresis
What was agreed in the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis?
That Calais would be returned to England after 8 years if they did nothing to forfeit it by then
Who returned to England as soon as Mary died?
Marian exiles
How did bishops appointed by Mary halt QE’s settlement?
They were able to defeat her first proposals in the Lords
What did QE repeal, satisfying Protestants?
Heresy laws
What did QE dissolve, satisfying Protestants?
Monasteries
What book was reintroduced, satisfying Protesants?
The 1552 2nd Book of Common Prayer
How did the Act of Supremacy after QE’s title?
She became Supreme Governor, not Supreme Head
Why was the Act of Supremacy not passed first time?
All 17 bishops in the Lords voted against it
What 2 bishops did QE send to the tower after the Act of Supremacy was initially rejected?
Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester
What was the result of the 2nd vote on the Act of Supremacy?
21-18 in favour
What was omitted from the Prayer Book, satisfying Catholics?
The Black Rubric
Whose threat was reduced after QE created a via media?
Mary Queen of Scots
What was included in the Settlement which kept Catholic traditions?
Royal Injunctions
What taxes were to paid to QE according to the Settlement?
First Fruits and Tenths
What see was left empty for 41 of 45 years?
Oxford
Who was QE’s first Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 to 1575?
Matthew Parker
Who was QE’s 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1775-83?
Edmund Grindal
Who was QE’s 3rd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to 1604?
John Whitgift
Who was Matthew Parker chaplain to?
Anne Boleyn - QE’s mother
Why was Matthew Parker untainted with Genevan ideas?
He was not a marian exile
What did Matthew Parker oversee the passage of?
The 39 Articles
What were the 39 Articles?
When were the 39 Articles finalised?
Doctrines and practices of the Church of England
1571
What did Matthew Parker resist the demands of?
To make the 39 Articles more Protestant
What did Matthew Parker issue as a compromise in the Vestments Controversy?
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Who had Edmund Grindal been chaplain to?
Nicholas Ridley - Marian burning
What had Edmund Grindal done during Mary’s reign?
Fled England
What book did Edmund Grindal work on?
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
What did Edmund Grindal do in 1576?
Refused to ban prophesyings
What was Edmund Grindal’s punishment for refusing to ban prophesyings?
He was suspended and placed under house arrest for 6 months
What did John Whitgift use to ensure conformity?
The Court of High Commission