INCLASS-Elizabeth&Catholic Threats

Question 1

Why was it not in Elizabeth’s interest to pursue an aggressively anti-Catholic policy?

Answer 1

as this would disturb domestic and foreign tranquillity

Question 2

Why was religious division not permitted?

Answer 2

as this was seen as an invitation for civil war

Question 3

How were the Marian bishops dealt with upon their refusal to accept the government’t legislative changes?

Answer 3

They were deprived of their positions rather than execution

Question 4

Few clergy refused the Oath of Supremacy, how many?

Answer 4

c300

Question 5

What did Elizabeth hope for in regards to support for Catholicism upon accession to the throne?

Answer 5

that the long term effect on staunch Catholics of attending Church of England services would safely achieve a less radical sentiment upon supporters

Question 6

What would happen to those in government offices who refused to take the Oath of Supremacy as specified by the Act of Uniformity?

Answer 6

they would lose their positions

Question 7

What would be the punishment for a layman who attempted to persuade an priest to deviate from the doctrine of the 1559 Book of Common Prayer as specified under the Act of Uniformity 1559?

Answer 7

1st offence-100 mark fine

2nd offence-400 marks

Question 8

What was put in place to prevent the cleric from using the familiar Catholic words to imply the Real Presence of Christ in the bread and wine as specified under the Act of Uniformity 1559?

Answer 8

It was ordered that nothing was to be added to the words said in the delivery of the Holy Communion

Question 9

What was the penalty for failure to follow the specified rites as stated under the Act of Uniformity 1559?

Answer 9

6 months imprisonment and loss of first years income

Question 10

What have regional studies showed about the conservative clergy operating in the Church of England?

Answer 10

that they made it clear that the old ways were the only way to salvation

Question 11

What was a result of a second refusal of the Oath of Supremacy?

Answer 11

death penalty

Question 12

What was the result of any priest found guilty of saying Mass, and any laymen who requested mass?

Answer 12

death penalty

Question 13

Who did the Queen instruct not to demand subscription to the Oath of Supremacy a second time if it had been refused the first, in order to prevent the death penalty being invoked creating martyrs?

Answer 13

Archbishop Parker

Question 14

There was no executions for the saying of Mass before what year?

Answer 14

1577

Question 15

Why did there begin to be executions for the saying of Mass after 1577?

Answer 15

as this is when the international climate had changed completely

Question 16

Which Pope had hoped that Elizabeth might send representatives to the Council of Trent in 1559 which was a Council intended to spearhead reform in the Catholic Church?

Answer 16

Pope Pius IV

Question 17

Pope Pius IV had hoped that Elizabeth might send representatives where in 1559?

Answer 17

to the Council of Trent which was a Council intended to spearhead reform in the Catholic Church

Question 18

Why did Elizabeth not send representatives to the Council of Trent in 1559 which was a Council intended o spearhead reform in the Catholic Church?

Answer 18

as it became clear that the Pope had, by the end of 1560, firmly establish his authority over the Council

Question 19

When was the arrival of Mary Stuart in England?

Answer 19

1568

Question 20

Why can we use 1568 as a convenient point from which to chart the implications of change in Elizabeth’s domestic policy?

Answer 20

as this was when Mary Stuart became a major factor in Elizabeth’s attitude towards Catholics

Question 21

What plot was the Duke of Norfolk involved with in 1571 which resulted in his execution?

Answer 21

the Ridolfi Plot

Question 22

What did Northumberland state as the main aim of the uprising in 1569/70?

Answer 22

to reform religion and restablish and safeguard the position of Mary stuart as heir to the throne

Question 23

What year was the Northern Earls Revolt?

Answer 23

1569/70

Question 24

Once the Northern Earls recognised that the Catholics of England, such as in Lancashire and Cheshire would not rise up in revolt with them, how did they respond?

Answer 24

they fled across the border into Scotland

Question 25

What were the 3 aims of the Northern Earls?

Answer 25

1) Norfolk marriage plot
2) Marry Queen of Scots as Queen
3) Anti-Cecil factionalism

Question 26

What were the 3 reasons for the failure of the Northern Earls Revolt?

Answer 26

1) Lack of support from Catholic gentry
2) Distance from London
3) Norfolks loss of nerve upon being found out (begged)

Question 27

When did Pope Pius V issue a Papal Bull ‘Regnans in Excelsis which excommunicated Elizabeth?

Answer 27

February 1570

Question 28

What was the name of Pope Pius V’s Papal Bull which was issued in February 1570 and excommunicated Elizabeth?

Answer 28

Regnans in Excelsis

Question 29

What did the Bull “Regnans in Excelsis” threaten English Catholics with?

Answer 29

that if they continued to obey their Queen they they too incurred the sentence of excommunication

Question 30

Why was the Papal Bull “Regnans in Excelsis” issued in Feb 1570 largely irrelevant to the Northern Earls Revolt in 1569/70?

Answer 30

because Westmorland and Northumberland had fled before it appeared

Question 31

Why was there little response from the Papal Bull “Regnans in Excelsis” issued in Feb 1570?

Answer 31

as it was poorly published and publicised

Question 32

What year were the Treason Acts?

Answer 32

1571

Question 33

What did the 1571 Treason Acts do?

Answer 33

it made it a treasonable offence to deny that Elizabeth was the lawful queen

Question 34

What was a specific order under the Treason Acts of 1971?

Answer 34

that anyone found using Regnans in Excelsis, or to try and convert another to Catholicism would be guilty of the treasonable offence

Question 35

What made attitude change?

Answer 35

the arrival in England of missionary priests from continental Europe.