Influence Of Religion

Question 1

Religious Non-Conformity

Answer 1

People could worship their own gods but also had to worship the emperor as part of the civic religion and can be punished if they do not.

Question 2

Heresy

Answer 2

Having different believes to those established.

Question 3

664

Answer 3

Holy Synod of Whitby

Question 4

1542

Answer 4

Catholics could be executed for not accepting Henry VIII as the head of the church.

Question 5

1563

Answer 5

Major and Minor Witchcraft established.

Question 6

Benefit of the Clergy

Answer 6

Priests could only be tried by a church courts.

Question 7

Right of Sanctuary

Answer 7

A criminal who got to the sancutary of the church could confess and be allowed to leave the country.

Question 8

Church Courts

Answer 8

Dealt with priests, monks and nuns, and those breaking church rules such as refusing to pay a tenth of their income to the church.

Question 9

Vagrancy

Answer 9

In the 16th century there was a concern about growing amount of beggars.
Closure of monasteries took away support for the poor.

Question 10

Why did John Wycliffe criticise the catholic church?

Answer 10

He believed the bible should be in English, church should not sell indulgences, Pope did not have more authority than the bible.

Question 11

What were John Wycliffe’s followers known as?

Answer 11

Lollards

Question 12

When were laws against Heresy established?

Answer 12

1382, 1401, 1414

Question 13

Henry VIII (1509-1547)

Answer 13

Protestants burned for ideas similar to Wycliffe’s. After 1534, he became a protestant and was head of the church.

Question 14

Edward VI (1547-1553)

Answer 14

Only executed 2 people for blasphemy.

One said Christ was human while the other said Jesus is God.

Question 15

Mary I (1553-1558)

Answer 15

290 protestants burned.

Question 16

Elizabeth I (1558-1603)

Answer 16

There was a drop in executions for heresy. The last person executed for Blasphemy was in 1612 under James I.

Question 17

Why was there an increase in witch trials in Britain between 1500-1700?

Answer 17

Wars and disease as well as other misfortunes were blamed on witches which James I feared greatly. Misogyny, women were viewed as weaker, and puritans saw them as temptresses.

Question 18

What is a familiar?

Answer 18

A familiar is an animal sent by the devil.

Question 19

Why were the most of those accused of witchcraft women?

Answer 19

Misogyny
Seen as morally weaker.
Puritans saw them as temptresses.

Question 20

What evident would they have used to convict witches in witch trials?

Answer 20

Unusual marks
Needle test
Neighbours
Possessed children
Confessions
Swimming test

Question 21

What Changed After 1660?

Answer 21

Charles II.

The Church of England was restored as the national Church in England, backed by the Clarendon Code and the Act of Uniformity 1662.

1685 last execution for witchcraft.