Problem of Religion

Question 1

What year was the Religious Settlement introduced

Answer 1

1559

Question 2

2 acts making up religious settlement

Answer 2

Act of Supremacy
Act of Uniformity

Question 3

2 types of measures put in place to enforce religious settlement

Answer 3

Visitations
Royal Injunctions

Question 4

Why was the Religious Settlement a ‘middle way’

Answer 4

Took into account both Catholic and Protestant beliefs

Question 5

Some features of the religious settlement

Answer 5

Protestant official religion
Catholics fined for not attending church
Refused to give way to extreme Protestant ideas e.g puritans
All important officials swear an oath of loyalty to accept Elizabeth’s title as supreme governor of the Church of England
Bible and church service in English (protestant/ Puritan view)
Bishops help run church (Catholic/ Protestant view)
Ornaments and decorations allowed in church (Protestant/ Catholic view)

+ lots more- main idea is that Protestant is main religion whilst still reflecting some Catholic beliefs too to satisfy Catholics

Question 6

What was the aim of Elizabeth creating a religious settlement

Answer 6

Reflect her Protestant beliefs whilst finding a ‘middle way’ that satisfied major religious groups to prevent civil war/ rebellion

Question 7

Who is classed as a recuasant

Answer 7

Someone who refused/ failed to attend church

Question 8

2 Examples of royal injunctions (way of enforcing religious settlement)

Answer 8

Recusants must be identified and reported to JPs/ the Privy council and fined if failed to attend church on Sunday/ holy days

Condemn (ban) catholic practices like pilgrimages

Question 9

1 example of royal visitations

Answer 9

125 commissioners toured the countryside including ensuring that regulations were being followed correctly

(Over 400 clergy resigned/ sacked 1559- 1564)

Question 10

Why were over 400 clergy sacked/ resigned between 1559 and 1564

Answer 10

125 commissioners toured countryside ensuring regulations were being followed correctly and that clergy had sworn oath of supremacy

If clergy weren’t following religious settlement then the commissioners could sack them

Question 11

Royal injunctions vs visitations

Answer 11

Both were ways to ensure that the religious settlement was being enforced across all churches

Injunctions- instructions ordering clergy to do certain things like ensure recusants were fined
Visitations- commissioners that toured country identifying any clergy that weren’t following these instructions (they could be sacked)

Question 12

What was a clergy

Answer 12

People who took the church service

Question 13

Why couldn’t Elizabeth make the religious settlement fully Protestant

Answer 13

There were still lots of Catholics in the country from Mary 1’s reign who was Queen before Elizabeth
They could potentially rebel against Elizabeth cause civil war but Elizabeth wanted to remain popular

Question 14

What religion was Mary 1 (Queen before Elizabeth)

Answer 14

Extreme Catholic

Question 15

What religion was Edward v1 (monarch 2 reigns before Elizabeth)

Answer 15

Extreme Protestant

Question 16

What religion was Henry V111 (monarch 3 reigns before Elizabeth)

Answer 16

Mostly Catholic with some Protestant beliefs e.g allowing divorce

Question 17

Main purpose of Act of Uniformity

Answer 17

Ensure all churches are doing the exact same thing in line with the Religious settlement

Question 18

Main purpose of act of Supremacy

Answer 18

For Elizabeth to be Supreme Governor and head of Church of England

Question 19

Year Henry V111 established Church of England

Answer 19

1534

Question 20

3 differences between catholic beliefs, Protestant beliefs and Puritan beliefs

Answer 20

Head of church:
Catholic= Pope
Protestant= Monarch
Puritan= no head of church

Language of church service and bible:
Catholic= Latin
Protestant= English
Puritan= English

Decoration:
Catholic= lots
Protestant= some
Puritan= none

Question 21

How many clergy were sacked between 1559 and 1564

Answer 21

Over 400
(Not following regulations correctly from religious settlement)

Question 22

What did all important officials (e.g Judges and lawyers) have to do to accept Elizabeth’s title as Supreme Governor

Answer 22

Swear oath of loyalty

Question 23

Injunctions were instructions that who had to follow to ensure the religious settlement was being enforced

Answer 23

Clergy

Question 24

What is meant by the Act Of Exchange 1559

Answer 24

Elizabeth could take land and buildings belonging to Catholics
+ force Bishops to rent land to her
Could use money to help fund costly foreign wars etc

Question 25

Purpose of Act of Exchange 1559

Answer 25

Elizabeth take land from church and force bishops to rent the land to her
Elizabeth to get more money to use to her advantage e.g in the event of a costly foreign war-> maintain power and popularity

Question 26

What did the Thirty Nine Articles do 1563

Answer 26

Laid down beliefs of Church of England confirming key elements of Protestant belief

Question 27

What part of the religious settlement laid down the key elements of the Church of England and Protestant beliefs

Answer 27

Thirty Nine Articles 1563

Question 28

What was the reaction at home (England) to the religious settlement

Answer 28

At the beginning there was little opposition
However opposition arose later e.g from Catholics and Puritans

Question 29

What was the reaction like to the Religious settlement from abroad

Answer 29

Limited however later in Elizabeth’s reign Spain got involved in Catholic plots and the Spanish Armada