Instability and Consolidation: 'the Mid-Tudor Crisis', 1547–1563: The Impact of Religious Developments in the Early Years of Elizabeth's Rule - Reactions to Religious Settlement Flashcards

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Timeline of reactions to Elizabeth’s religious settlement

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• 1559
- Elizabeth’s religious settlement

• 1562
- Jewel’s apology

• 1563
- Convocation

• December 1564
- Archbishop Parker meets Thomas Sampson to discuss his refusal to wear official vestments

• January 1565
- Elizabeth announces that only priests who wore correct vestments would stay in their posts or ‘keep their livings’

• May 1565
- Elizabeth sacks Sampson

• March 1566

  • Archbishop Parker published the Advertisements
  • Instructs priests to wear correct vestments but lets them wear surplice for Communion services as well
  • 37 London priests refuse to wear correct vestments and removed from their posts
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What types of Protestants were there in Elizabethan England?

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  • Puritans (branch out into the following)
  • Presbyterians
  • Separatists
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What were the beliefs of the different types of Protestants in Elizabethan England?

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• Puritans
- More extreme Protestants

• Presbyterians
- Wanted to abolish role of bishop rather than keep hierarchy of Church

• Separatists
- Puritans who wanted to break away from established Church of England

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What were the Puritan reactions to Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement?

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  • Jewel’s apology
  • The Convocation of 1563
  • The Vestiarian Controversy
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Jewel’s apology

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  • 1562
  • Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, published An Apology of the Church of England
  • Claimed that the Church of England was returning to the true position abandoned many centuries earlier by the Church of Rome
  • Claimed the Puritan branch would be recognised by Jesus and the first apostles
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When was Jewel’s apology published?

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  • 1562
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The Convocation

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  • 1563
  • Convocation was Church’s annual parliament
  • Puritan bishops expected to make further Protestant reforms to Settlement
  • Demanded further reforms for 1559 Prayer Book, removing elements of ‘popery’ and simplification of vestments
  • Elizabeth refuses to meet demands
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At which Convocation did Puritan bishops call for further Protestant reforms?

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  • 1563
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The Vestiarian Controversy

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• 1559 Settlement
- Act of Uniformity tells priests to wear surplice and albs/copes for Communion services

• 1563 Convocation

  • Many bishops demand simpler vestments, Elizabeth refuses
  • Many priests refuse to wear official vestments
  • Most bishops sympathetic so get away with it

• December 1564
- Archbishop Parker meets Thomas Sampson to discuss his refusal to wear official vestments

• January 1565
- Elizabeth announces that only priests who wore correct vestments would stay in their posts or ‘keep their livings’

• May 1565
- Elizabeth sacks Sampson

• March 1566

  • Archbishop Parker published the Advertisements
  • Instructs priests to wear correct vestments but lets them wear surplice for Communion services as well
  • 37 London priests refuse to wear correct vestments and removed from their posts
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Which individuals are involved in the Vestiarian Controversy?

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  • Archbishop Parker

- Thomas Sampson (Dean of Christ Church, Oxford)

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When did Archbishop Parker meet Thomas Sampson to discuss his refusal to wear the official vestments?

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  • December 1564
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When does Elizabeth announce that only priests wearing the official vestments would keep their livings?

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  • January 1565
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When does Elizabeth sack Sampson?

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  • May 1565
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When does Archbishop Parker publish the Advertisements?

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  • March 1566
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How many London priests refuse to wear the official vestments and are removed from their posts?

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  • 37
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What were the Catholic reactions to Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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  • Some became recusants (non-attenders at church)
  • Many went into exile in Europe (especially the Netherlands)
  • Some exiles set up a seminary in Douai (France) to train English Catholic priests
  • Some priests were sheltered by Catholic nobles
  • ‘Underground’ Catholic services were held, especially in Lancashire and North-East England and secret networks of priests were established
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Why did many Catholics accept Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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  • Elizabeth might die young and soon (like Edward and Mary)
  • She may marry a Catholic
  • There may be political pressure, especially from House of Lords for more Catholic changes
  • Foreign Catholic powers (France, Spain, Holy Roman Empire) could invade and instigate a rebellion