Mary Flashcards
Key religious reforms
In 1553 Mary repealed earlier religious legislation and reinstated the Catholic Church
Under heresy laws Mary persecuted Protestants including the Oxford martyrs
280 Protestants burnt st the stake in south east and east Anglia
Persecution under heresy laws increasingly turned people against Mary
While facing opposition from only a small number of Protestants at the beginning of her reign, by the end she was widely unpopular
Other religious reforms
Pole tried to introduce reforms into the church and increase the number of priests
He appointed new bishops, who were to reside in their diocese
Proposed that each cathedral should have a seminary for training priests
Mary’s reign was too short for these reforms to have much impact and while some areas embraced them others did not
Economic change
1556-58 re coinage plans were drawn up
1555 the Poor Law Act extended the Act of 1552 and ordered licensed beggars to wear badges to encourage parishioners to donate
Encouragement was given to the conversion of pasture land to crop farming
