Elizabeth Religion Flashcards

1
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What was Elizabeth’s religious settlement (list 5 changes) and why did Elizabeth introduce it?

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Bible was in English
Follow Protestant prayer
Decoration was allowed in churches
Recusancy fines
Elizabeth is supreme governor

To stop Catholics and Protestants fighting

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Name 2 things that Protestants were happy with about the religious settlement and what they disagreed with?

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Agree
Bible was in English
Followed Protestant prayer
Disagree
Decoration was allowed in church
Elizabeth swapped to supreme governor

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Name 2 things that catholics were happy about with the religious settlement and 2 that they disagreed with

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Agree
Decoration in churches
Elizabeth moved to supreme governor (chance for the pope)
Disagreed
Couldn’t pray in Catholic Churches
Bible was in english

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What happened during the northern rebellion,1569?

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Elizabeth didn’t let Mary marry Duke of Norfolk soo he started a rebellion. It failed as Essex raised an army to stop rebels

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5
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What was the papal bull 1570?

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Pope Ex-communicated queen Elizabeth which meant she was an enemy to ALL catholics

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Which riot occurred in 1571? What was the plan?

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The Ridolfi plot. The plan was to get the Netherlands to invade at the same time as Norfolk and kill the queen. She had strong spies and cracked the code

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What were recusancy fines? when were they the first introduced and when did they increase to £20

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fines catholic would pay if they didn’t agree/ go to church. they increased in 1581

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What happened to Edmund campion and why?

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He came into England and spread the word for people to join Catholic Churches

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Who were the jesuits and why did Elizabeth see them as a threat?

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Catholics who wanted to spread the word were seen as a threat as they were trying to convert everyone to catholic

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What anti catholic law was was passed in 1585 and what did it do?

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Counter reformation acts any catholic priest who had been ordained after 1559 would be a traitor

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What anti catholic law was passed in 1593 and what did it do

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Statute of confinement catholics couldn’t travel more than 5 miles from their house

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Why was Mary Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth

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She had a right to the throne and she wanted to turn England catholic

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What and when was the babington plot ? Why was it important for Mary queen of Scots?

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1586 it was the plan to kill queen Elizabeth and Mary take the throne and turn England catholic. It lead to Mary’s execution.

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Why were puritans called puritans?

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Didn’t think church was Protestant enough and wanted to purify it or any remaining catholics

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List 3 things that puritans believed in?

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Purifying church
England to be fully Protestant
No remaining catholic influence

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Why were puritans seen as a threat to Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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Organised campaigns to make her make changes

17
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Why was Elizabeth so worried about puritans -give 3 reasons

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They were attacking Elizabeth’s authority they were a minority but needed their support if she gave them what they wanted catholics would rebel

18
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Name 2 Puritans on Elizabeth’s privy council

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Robert Dudley - very close advisor
Francis walsingham - senior minister (spy master )

19
Q

What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury who was sympathetic of puritans?

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Edmund Grindal

20
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Who was John field? What was he banned from doing in 1580?

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Very strict puritan, was banned from preaching

21
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Name 3 measures that archbishop john Whitgift introduced in the 1580s to “crackdown”on the influence of the puritans?

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Enforced attendance at church by increasing recusancy fines
Imprisoned puritans
Banned unlicensed preaching