Elizabeth I and religion

Question 1

When were the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity passed?

Answer 1

April 1559

Question 2

When were the Royal Injunctions passed?

Answer 2

June 1559

Question 3

What was the Act of Supremacy?

Answer 3

Elizabeth became the Supreme Governor of the Church
All clergy/officials had to take an oath of loyalty
Heresy Laws were repealed
Communion in both kinds

Question 4

What was the Act of Uniformity?

Answer 4

Book of Common Prayer from 1552 was reintroduced

Fines for those who do not attend church

Question 5

What were the Royal Injunctions?

Answer 5

Clergy were allowed to wear surplices/vestments
Music was encouraged
Images were not considered idolatrous

Question 6

Who was Elizabeth’s first Archbishop of Canterbury?

Answer 6

Matthew Parker

Question 7

When does Mary, Queen of Scots arrive in England?

Answer 7

May 1568

Question 8

When was the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 8

November to February 1569

Question 9

What was the Northern Rebellion?

Answer 9

Court conspiracy for Norfolk to marry MQoS, and proclaim Mary as Queen
Supported by Dudley and Throckmorton

Question 10

Why did the Northern Rebellion fail?

Answer 10

Dudley confessed to Elizabeth about the plan

Elizabeth was able to raise an army and send them to Scotland to subdue support

Question 11

When did the Pope excommunicate Elizabeth?

Answer 11

1570

Question 12

How did the excommunication threaten Elizabeth?

Answer 12

English Catholics did not have to see Elizabeth as their Queen, and therefore did not have to have any loyalty to her
Threats to Elizabeth’s life increase as Pope encourages the assassination of Elizabeth

Question 13

When was the Treason Act passed?

Answer 13

April 1571

Question 14

When was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 14

1571

Question 15

What was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 15

Ridolfi was an Italian banker. Mary Queen of Scots sent letters to Ridolfi to carry messages to the Duke of Alva in Netherlands, the Pope and the King of Spain.
Mary then asked the Duke of Norfolk to help her restore Catholicism in England.

Question 16

What happened in the Ridolfi plot?

Answer 16

Ridolfi met with Spain to convince them to invade England. Alva (commander of Spanish troops) was not eager on the plan, and wrote to the King of Spain urging not to invade England unless Elizabeth had already been overthrown.

Question 17

Why did the Ridolfi plot fail?

Answer 17

Elizabeth questioned the Duke of Norfolk’s servants, and the plan was revealed. Elizabeth discovered the plot before it could get going. It also did not receive any domestic support in England

Question 18

What was the Vestiarian Controversy?

Answer 18

Thomas Sampson did not want to wear the surplices o the clergy (Royal Injunctions). 37 men also refused to wear the surplices

Question 19

Name a Puritan threat that occurred in 1571

Answer 19

Thirty-Nine Articles beliefs and practises

Question 20

What was the Field and Wilcox’s ‘Admonition to Parliament’?

Answer 20

Occurred in 1572.
It wanted the eradication of superstitious practises
They also wanted to remove the hierarchy in the Church with Genevan ministry and pastors

Question 21

Why did the ‘Admonition to Parliament’ fail?

Answer 21

Horrified all believers in established authority (including Puritans themselves). Both Field and Wilcox were arrested under the Queen’s orders

Question 22

When did the Babington plot take place?

Answer 22

1586

Question 23

What was the plan of the Babington Plot?

Answer 23

Babington frequently carried letters to Mary. The plan was to kill Elizabeth and replace her with Mary, and Catholicism was to be restored.

Question 24

Why did the Babington plot fail?

Answer 24

Spies were within Mary’s household and retrieved the letters between Mary and Babington. Elizabeth found out about the plan, and Mary was caught red handed

Question 25

When was Mary, Queen of Scots executed?

Answer 25

1587

Question 26

When did the Seminary Priests and Jesuits arrive in England?

Answer 26

1574

They were radical Catholics who had been trained in Europe

Question 27

When did the Spanish Armada begin, and finish?

Answer 27

1588

Question 28

What was Strickland’s Bill?

Answer 28

1571
Sent out a bill to reform the Book of Common Prayer
Get rid of the use of surplices, kneeling at communion, rings in marriage.

Question 29

Why did the Strickland Bill fail?

Answer 29

Although there was some support for the bill within the House, it did not receive the same support from higher authority. Privy Council called for Strickland to answer accusations. He was barred from the house but returned after outcry from MPs.