Mary Religion Flashcards
When was Mary proclaimed queen
19th July 1553
23rd August
Masses heard in bishops gate London
Where were altars rebuilt
Melton Mowbray
When was the first parliament
October 1553
What did the first parliament entail?
Repeal of Edward VI’s religious laws: restoration of orders of religious services as they applied at the end of Henry VIII’s reign
What was the first proclamation and when was it?
Forbade printing of seditious rumours
1553
When was the second proclamation
1st August 1553
September 1553
Arrest of Cranmer
Latimer, Hooper, Ridley imprisoned
When was the second parliament?
May 1554
What did the second parliament entail?
Initially rejected new heresy laws
What happened to a large proportion of Protestants in 1553/4
800 Protestants fled abroad to Switzerland + northern Germany
When was the 3rd parliament
November 1554-January 1555
What did the third parliament involve?
Arrival of Cardinal Pole as Archbishop of Canterbury and papal legate
Papal supremacy restored
When were heresy laws restored?
December 1554
What was published in December 1554
Bishop Boner’s book of Homilies
When did the burning of heretics begin ?
February 1555
When were Ridley and Latimer burned for heresy
16th October 1555
When was the fourth parliament?
October 1555- December 1555
When was cardinal pole named Archbishop of Canterbury
December 1555
When was the london synod
February 1556
What did the london synod involve?
12 decrees issued on clerical discipline
When was Cranmer burned for heresy?
21st March 1556
When was the fifth parliament ?
January 1558- November 1558
When were there large numbers of Protestant burnings?
November 1558
How was persuasion used to promote Catholicism?
-london synod drew up 12 decrees which spelled out clerical discipline
-clerical education,Pole became chancellor of Cambridge 1556
-book of homilies newly edited catholic testament focused on education
War of words
Policy of censorship during Mary’s reign
Series of proclamations forbade the printings of rumours and banned writings therefore suppressing Protestants words.
19,000 copies of 1552 common book of prayer still in circulation
July 1553 holding treasonable books was punishable
Burnings under Mary
Began following reintroduction of heresy in December 1554
289 people burnt, 5 bishops
What was a barrier to the restoration of papal supremacy
The pope demanded the return of church land however it was now under private control and in the hands of Protestants due to the sales of monastic lands.
What was a barrier to the restoration of papal supremacy
The pope demanded the return of church land however it was now under private control and in the hands of Protestants due to the sales of monastic lands.
December 1553
Mary gave up title of supreme head of church
