Mary I Religion Flashcards
What were Mary’s aims with religion
Establish Catholicism as the main religion in England and reconnect England with Rome and the pope
Stephen Gardiner
He was the bishop of Winchester and the lord chancellor
Was imprisoned during Edward reign
Simon Renard
Cuz to Mary and became cardinal. Became papal legit brief was to restore papal pope to England
Charles V
Marys cousin + HRE
Maintained correspondence with Mary saw him as a farther figure
Pope Julius III
Was the pope when Mary came to the throne 1553. He wanted all of the EX church loaned returned to the church before England could reconcile with Rome
- this upset nobles who brought the land
** Pope Paul IV**
He was anti -Spanish Mary was married to Philip of Spain
He was pope from 1555, fierce as pope and anti-Habsburg - this brought England to conflict with the papacy
What were Mary’s actions towards the bishops+clergy
7 bishops were removed, 4 were imprisoned including Cranmer,Hooper,Latimer and Ridley
1/4 of clergy deprived of the were deprived of their living because they were married
Marys 1st Parliment 1553 on religion
October 1553 repealed most reforming legislation : 2 books of common prayer + act of uniformity, permission for clerical marriage
Church services Fromm 1547 were retuned
Mary didn’t revoke the Royal supremacy till 1555
What was the role of Cardinal Pole
Be the papal leget and restore England back int Catholic fold
New catholic testament Book of Homilies
1555 this had little chance of success
How did Marys use of censorship use of censorship develope
1552 - prayer books were illegal and ceased (Book of common prayer 1549+51) however their were still 19,000 still in England
1553 - Decre against seatious rumours
1555 - index of prescribed writers
1558 - death penalty give to those who were involved in the prohibited book
Who were the writers writing against Mary
Latimer and Ridley able to write from prison some encouraged active disobedience.
John Knox - 2 books 1558 illigetimacy of female rule
There weren’t however many catholic writers
Why was Protestantism a serious threat
80 MPs voted against edawardian religious laws
Almost 300 Protestants from archbishop Cranmer to normal ppl were willing to die for their faith. Three was ev that Protestantism was popular in London Kent, East Sussex and parts of east Anglia
Which figures were executed
16th October 1555
Riidley and Latimer who were imprisoned in oxford were executed
221st March 1556
Cranmer executed
21 clergy men also died
in the space of 5 years 289 Protestants were executed
What was impact of Protestant executions
800 men and women escaped for their safety
some Protestant movements had moved underground 200 people listened to these ideas
