Elizabeth I Flashcards
Act of Supremacy
1559- Elizabeth=“Supreme Governer of the Church of England” and all clergymen must take an oath of supremacy.
Act of Uniformity
1559- churches are Protestant in practice but are Catholic in appearance-statues, icons and grandeur remain
Royal Injunctions
1559- Provided a balance between Edwardian Protestantism and Henrician Catholicism. Aimed to satisfy all whilst also turning England back into a Protestant country officially
Thirty-Nine Articles of Faith
1563- Fully established separation from Roman Catholic Church.
Opposition to the religious settlement from three main groups:
Catholics, Puritans, Pesbytarians
Issues caused by Catholics
Mary Queen of Scots arrives in England in 1567
Revolt of the Northern Earls in 1569
Pope excommunicates Elizabeth in 1570
Ridolfi Plot in 1571
Throckmorton Plot in 1583
Babington Plot in 1586
Spanish Armada in 1588
Tyrone’s Rebellion with Spanish support in 1601
Issues caused by Puritans
Convocation of Canterbury in 1563
Vestments Controversy in 1566
Whitgift and the 3 articles in 1583
Issues caused by Presbyterians
Peter Turner (1583) and Cope (1587) challenging the settlement in Parliament
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1568
Hawkins slave ships are attacked near Mexico. In return Cecil orders the gold to be stolen from Spanish ships harbouring in England to avoid pirates.
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1572
Elizabeth harbours Dutch mercenaries (sea beggars) before ordering them to return to the Netherlands where they start a revolt
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1573
Trade restored between England and Spanish Netherlands
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1581
Sir Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the Globe
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1584
The Catholic League is formed
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1585
Treaty of Nonsuch with the Protestants in the Netherlands. Drake (with permission) attacked Spanish ships in the West Indies
Anglo-Spanish relations- 1587
Drake attacks Cadiz Harbour and sinks a Spanish fleet