Elizabethan England T4 Flashcards
What did catholics believe
Church services and Bible in Latin, priests should not marry
Protestants bellieve
Monarch is head of church and little decoration in churches
What did puritans want
A committee to run the church
What was the middle way
Church which reflected both protestant and catholic practices
Act of supremacy 1559
Elizabeth was the supreme governor of the church of england, all important officals swore an oath of loyalty to Elizabeths new titile
Act of uniformity 1559
Ensured practices and attitudes were the same nationwide
What book was used in all churches
Protestant book of common prayer
Ornament and decorations
Allowed
Church services in
English
Everyone had to attend church on
Sunday
People who refeused to attend church were called
Recusants
The royal injunctions 1559
Provided a set of instructions to the clergy to establish uniformity
Reactions of religous settlement at home
By 1560s most accepted it
Reactions of religious settlement abroad
Foreign reaction was limited in the 1560s