Puritan Threat

Question 1

Who was the founder of the Puritan religion?

Answer 1

John Calvin

Question 2

English Protestants who took refuge in Geneva while Mary Tudor reigned received what?

Answer 2

Radicalised views which Calvin influenced- and in 1588 when Elizabeth took the throne they returned to England

Question 3

What did puritans want to do regarding churches?

Answer 3

Rid all churches of catholic associations- hence why they were so critical of ‘via media’

Question 4

What sort of worship did puritans believe in?

Answer 4

Purer and simpler worship

Question 5

Why did puritans flee to Geneva when Mary Tudor took to the throne?

Answer 5

Avoid persecution

Question 6

What did puritans want ritual to focus on ?

Answer 6

The teachings of scriptures

Question 7

What did puritans believe?

Answer 7

They should lead their lives according to the scriptures

Question 8

What were puritans against?

Answer 8

Practices not referred to in the bible
Eg. Giving of rig during marriage, ornaments and stain glass windows, making a cross during baptism

Question 9

What did puritans avoid?

Answer 9

Playing games, gambling, theatre, swearing and dancing
They were believed to be the work of the devil hence sinful

Question 10

What were moderate Protestants?

Answer 10

Those who reluctantly accepted the religious settlement but continued to call for further reform- to purify the church

Question 11

What were Presbyterians ?

Answer 11

Presbyterians wanted further reform and called for the abolition of bishops and each church to be run by a committee of Presbyterians elected by those who attended

Question 12

What where separatists also known as?

Answer 12

Brownists

Question 13

Who were separatists/brownists?

Answer 13

Wanted to break away from the National church, and wanted each church to be independent and solve its own affairs on a parish by parish basis

Question 14

Why did puritans oppose the role of bishops?

Answer 14

Argued the invention of the pope was to maintain power over the church and bishops were not mentioned in the bible

Question 15

How did most bishops view Puritan beliefs?

Answer 15

A direct threat to the crown and the unity of the country

Question 16

What did a few bishops agree to?

Answer 16

Accepted a position to reform the church from within

Question 17

When was the vestment controversy?

Answer 17

1566

Question 18

What was the vestment controversy?

Answer 18

In 1566 Puritan priests refused to wear vestments due to the similarity of catholic clothing.

Question 19

How many priests were punished as a result of the vestment controversy ?

Answer 19

37 priests were persecuted for the refusal

Question 20

What did Thomas Cartwright do?

Answer 20

In 1570 he directly challenged the religious settlement and he wanted to introduce a Presbyterian church

Question 21

What happened to Thomas Cartwright as a result of this?

Answer 21

He was fired from his job and forced to leave the country

Question 22

What did John Stubbs do in 1579?

Answer 22

Wrote a pamphlet critiquing Elizabeth’s marital saw and the conversations she’d been having with the Duke of Anjou.

Question 23

What happened to John Stubbs as a result?

Answer 23

He was charged for seditious writing
His hand was chopped off
Imprisoned for 18 months

Question 24

When did the Marprelate Tracts happen?

Answer 24

1588-1589

Question 25

What were the Marprelate Tracts?

Answer 25

An anonymous series of pamphlets that bitterly attacked churches and bishops
They were very offensive

Question 26

What did Walter Strickland do in 1571?

Answer 26

Proposed a bill for the introduction of the ‘Book of Common Prayer’

Question 27

What 3 things happened after Strickland proposed the bill in 1571?

Answer 27

He was prevented from attending the House of Commons
Parliament was closed so the idea could not be discussed
To enforce conformity 39 Articles had to be accepted by every clergyman in order for him to keep his job.

Question 28

What did Field and Wilcox do in 1572?

Answer 28

Published books which argued that the Presbyterian church structure was laid out in the bible

Question 29

What happened to Field and Wilcox in 1572?

Answer 29

They were arrested and imprisoned for a year for breaking the Act of Uniformity

Question 30

What did Wentworth do in 1576?

Answer 30

Complained in the House of Commons about the lack of freedom of speech and how MPs weren’t allowed to discuss what they wanted

Question 31

What happened after Wentworth complained?

Answer 31

Imprisoned in the Tower of London for a month and the House of Commons was ordered not to talk about religion unless permitted

Question 32

What did Turner do in 1584?

Answer 32

Proposed a bill to copy Calvins system of church governance

Question 33

What happened to Turners bill in 1584?

Answer 33

It failed to gain support then was forcefully attacked in a speech made by Christopher Hatton (who hated Puritans)

Question 34

What did Cope do in 1586\87?

Answer 34

Proposed a bill to introduce a Presbyterian church system
Which called for the abolition of bishops and replacement of the ‘Book of Common Prayer’ which the ‘Geneva Prayer book of John Calvin’

Question 35

Who supported Cope in 1586?

Answer 35

Wentworth as he agreed with the right to speak of religious matters

Question 36

What happened to Cope and Wentworth?

Answer 36

They were imprisoned into the Tower of London for a few months while parliament was closed down.

Question 37

Who did John Whitgift replace?

Answer 37

Edmund Grindal as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1583

Question 38

Who was John Whitgift?

Answer 38

A member of the Privy a council
Archbishop of Canterbury after Grindal in 1583

Question 39

What did John Whitgift introduce?

Answer 39

He issues the ‘three articles’ which demanded all clergy to accept the religious settlement