Opposition To Religious Change Flashcards
More refused to swear an oath and was sent to..
The tower of london
According to Richard rich, what did he accuse more of?
Overhear in prison saying he did not accept Henry as head of the church.
Who was Richard rich?
Head of the court of augmentations in 1540
Who led the aragonese faction?
Henry Courtenay, marquis of Exeter and the nothern lords Darcy and hussey.
From 1532, which groups had a stronger presence and largely silenced the aragonese faction?
Boleyns and growing influence of Thomas Cromwell.
What did the arogenese faction hope for after the divorce ?
Princess Mary would be be recognised as Henry’s heir. Her exclusion from the succession in 1536 helped to push Darcy and hussey into supporting the pilgrimage of grace and their execution for treason.
Courtenay became linked to the activists of…
Reginald pole, his distant cousin who was a descendent of the Yorkist kings overthrown by the Tudors. Execution in 1539
Resistance within the clergy- john fisher
Bishop of Rochester since 1504.
Religiously zealous and believed that h’s actions against Catherine of Aragon were totally wrong. He said so to Henry’s face.
Refused to swear the oath accepting the divorce.
Pope declared that f was to be made a cardinal, Henry acted quickly and was accused of high treason and executed.
Henry’s action gained support for f’s cause and provided evidence for accusations that Henry acted as a tyrant
Elizabeth Barton-the nun of Kent
Subject to visions since her teens, following a cure by a vision of the Virgin Mary.
By 1528, her visions had begun to focus on the king’s marriage and she had warned of disastrous consequences if he abandoned his wife- told Henry that he would be dead within a month if he divorced cath.
By 1530, Bocking had developed Elizabeth’s warnings and encouraged pilgrims and publishing books describing her visions.
Arrested in 1533 ad confessed that her visions were false and executed in 1534.
Group condemned by an act of attainders.
Failed but their attempts to co-ordinate a resistance movement represented a genuine threat that no govt could afford to ignore.
Monastic resistance
Widely respected London monks of the Carthusian order, who had remained closer to the strict ideals of monasticism.
1532-33 they refused to accept the divorce.
1534- resisted gov pressure to agree to a declaration against the authority of the pope
Treason act, forced the Carthusians to submit, arresting the most reluctant and executing eighteen of them.
