Elizabeth & Religion Flashcards
What was the Vestments Controversy 1566?
- Puritan challenge over what vestments were acceptable.
- Resolved by Parker issuing the Advertisements.
What did Strickland do in 1571?
Tried to issue a bill in Parliament which proposed changes to the Prayer Book.
What did Anthony Cope issue in 1587?
The “Book and Bill”.
What were the Separatists?
Puritans who wanted to establish their own Church.
What was the Act of Seditious Sectaries 1593?
Enabled radical Puritans to be executed.
Who was executed under the Act of Seditious Sectaries?
Barrow and Greenwood.
What were the Three Articles?
Whitgift’s questionnaire which identified Puritans.
Name Elizabeth’s three Archbishops of Canterbury.
- Parker
- Grindal
- Whitgift
What were the Marprelate Tracts?
Semi-pornographic book. Seen as damaging to the Puritans.
Did Elizabeth deal well with the Puritans?
- Benefited from Parker and Whitgift’s actions against the Puritans.
- Parliament refused to vote on Puritan Bills.
- Some of Elizabeth’s advisers like Leicester supported the Puritans.
- Faced multiple challenges through Parliament.
How successful were the Puritans?
- No uniformity of ideas
- Lacked central leader.
- Some support by leading councillors.
- Regular challenges through Parliament.
Who were the Marian Exiles?
- Returning Protestants who had been in the Continent during Mary’s reign.
- Some were more radical.
What were Elizabeth’s Religious Laws known as?
The Religious Settlement
What was the Act of Supremacy?
- Elizabeth was made supreme governor of the Church.
- People were required to take an oath of supremacy to Elizabeth.
- Repealed the heresy laws.
What was the Act of Uniformity?
- Introduced the 1552 Prayer Book.
- Made Church attendance compulsory.
- Communion was available in both kinds.
What did the Royal Injunctions state?
- Requirement that the clergy wear vestments.
- Encourage music in Church.
- Congregation encouraged to bow at Jesus’ name.
When did Mary Queen of Scots arrive in England?
1568
What was the York Conference?
An unofficial trial into Mary Queen of Scots’ guilt. It led to her imprisonment.
Name one rebellion that Mary Queen of Scots was involved in?
- Ridolfi 1571
- Throckmorton 1583
- Babington 1586
When was Mary Queen of Scots executed?
1587
How much of a threat was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth?
- Linked to the French and Spanish royal families
- Seen as the rightful heir by some Catholics
- Many plots were not realistic (especially Babington)
- Not all Catholics supported Mary, tainted by her husband’s murder.
When was the Northern Rebellion?
1569
Name one noble involved in the Northern Rebellion?
- Westmoreland
- Northumberland
- Norfolk
What were the Church Papists?
Catholics who would attend Church.
What were the Recusants?
Catholics who refused to attend Church. They were fined. In 1581 the government increased the fine to £20
What laws did Elizabeth introduce against the Catholics?
- Treason Act - illegal to own objects like Agnes Dei and Papal Bill.
- 1580 Act of Persuasion - illegal to convert someone.
- 1585 Act Against Jesuits, Seminary Priests and other Disobedient Peoples.
Who were the Seminary Priests?
- Arrived from 1584
- Many trained in Douai under William Allen
- Accepted that some Catholics would need to continue attending Church.
Who were the Jesuits?
- Arrived after 1580
- Far more radical than the Seminary Priests.
What percentage of the population does Bossy estimate was Catholic in 1603?
1%- estimated to be 80% in 1558.
How was Elizabeth able to overcome the Catholic threat?
- Length of Elizabeth’s reign
- Laws passed by Parliament
- Catholicism increasingly linked to France and Spain.
