Elizabeth and religion Flashcards
What advice did Elizabeth receive about the religious settlement? (2)
- Protestant MP- told her there was a threat from Marian Bishops
- Anonymous letter- told her to leave settlement to scholars and be wary of foreign threats
How did Elizabeth’s personal beliefs affect the settlement? (5)
- Influence of Protestant Catherine Parr
- Catholicism viewed her a illegitimate
- Was viewed as a heretic for using English bible
- Xmas 1558- storms out after Priest elevates host and also tells off monks for incense
- But she does approve of some Catholic imagery
How did the domestic situation affect Elizabeth’s settlement? (3)
- Legacy of religious upheaval
- 800 returned radical Marian exiles ( not united)
- Mary’s Bishops and House of Lords stall her settlement (undermined by martyrs)
How did the foreign situation affect Elizabeth’s settlement? (3)
- Spain- proposal from Phillip II, threat of invasion, they control Netherlands but also they don’t want England to fall to Franco-Scottish alliance
- France- Calais lost 1557, Protstantism may make return harder
- Scotland- Auld-alliance, MQS but 1559 Scottish Protestants overthrow their regent
What was the Cateau-Cabresis treaty? (2)
- April 1559, negotiation meant France could keep Calais for 8 years.
- Sparked fears that the treaty could lead to a joint Spanish-French invasion but reality was neither could afford it.
What opposition did Elizabeth’s settlement face? How did she deal with it?
Jan 1559- Catholic Lords resist the settlement
She prorogues parliament. Changes title to ‘Supreme Govoner’.
2 bishops imprisoned and Abbot of Westminster missing.
Act of Supremacy passed. All bar 1 Marian bishop take Oath to Elizabeth.
When was the Act of Supremacy? What was it?
April 1559
Made her Governor, Oath of loyalty, re-introduced Heresy Laws and allowed Communion in both kinds.
When was the Act of Uniformity? What was it?
April 1559.
1552 Book of CP to be used, fines for non-attendance at Church, introduced 1548 dress and ornaments, omitted Black Rubric, included words from both 1549 and 1552 Prayer Books
When were the Royal Injunctions? What were they?
June 1559.
Clergy to have distinctive dress, music used on Sundays, bowing to Jesus’ name, unleavened bread and images remained.
What other Acts did Elizabeth introduce?
First fruits and tenths- paid to Elizabeth
Monasteries dissolved again
Clerical marriage approved
What was the Vesterian Controversy? Was it a threat? (3)
- May 1565- Sampson (Dean at Oxford) refuses to wear Vestement.
- Parker’s advertisements said they only had to wear long sleeved surplice. Bullinger advised dissenters to conform.
- But 37 loose their jobs and some leave for secret Churches.
What were the 39 articles? Were they a threat? (3)
A definition of doctrine accepted by convocation in 1563
1571 govt concedes that clergy only have to accept the doctrine but later refute this.
Who was Strickland? To what extent was his proposal a threat? (3)
1571- wanted to reform B of CP, remove surplices, wedding rings and kneeling at communion.
Some support and when barred there was outcry.
Bill disappeared.
Who was Cope? Was his proposal a threat? (3)
1586 proposes a Genevan Prayer Book getting rid of Bishops
Thockmorton supports him
Other MPs have him arrested, Hatton bashes bill in a speech
Who was Cartwright? Was he a threat? (3)
1570- gave lecturers condemning bishops
Had professorship removed and free speech by Whitgift.
Spurs on more Puritan pamphlets
