Elizabeth and Religion

Question 1

Elizabeth’s religious settlement laws

Answer 1

1559 act of supremacy
1559 act of uniformity
1559 royal injunctions
1563 articles of supremacy

Question 2

People interested in the settlement

Answer 2

The pope
Puritans
English Catholics
Phillip
House of commons/ lords
Privy council

Question 3

What was the Catholic threat?

Answer 3

France 1572 Huguenot massacred
Recusants
Papal Bull 1570
Spanish War

Question 4

How did Elizabeth combat Catholic threat?

Answer 4

1571 Three Acts
1585 act against Jesuits and seminary priests
1587 further fines to recusants- forfeit 2/3 of land
1588 31 priests executed
1585-1603 War with Spain

Question 5

Where is protestant challenge from?

Answer 5

1565-66: within the church

1571+: from parliament

Question 6

Puritan success with the settlement

Answer 6

churches are more protestant
Grindal’s appointment as Archbishop
Treaty of Edinburgh 1560

Question 7

Puritan’s no threat

Answer 7

Most loyal to Queen
Queen was already protestant
All MP’s owed their position + power to the Queen