Puritan Threat

Question 1

Puritan beliefs

Answer 1

Strictly follow bible
Live pure lives
No theatre, drinking, gambling, entertainment etc
Want to get rid of all Catholic elements of life and church
Are extreme Protestants

Question 2

3 types of Puritans

Answer 2

Moderate
Presbyterians
Separatists

Question 3

Presbyterian meaning

Answer 3

Type of Puritan
Want reform of church and abolition of bishops (don’t accept religious settlement)

Question 4

Separatist meaning

Answer 4

Extreme Puritan
Radical group that want to break away from National church

Question 5

Only type of Puritans that accepted religious settlement but still strongly disliked it

Answer 5

Moderate puritans

Question 6

Puritans believed Sunday was the… Day

Answer 6

Lord’s Day

Question 7

Puritan threat in 1566

Answer 7

Vestment controversy

Question 8

Puritan threat 1570

Answer 8

Proposals by Thomas Cartwright

Question 9

Puritan threat 1579

Answer 9

Pamphlets by John Stubbs

Question 10

Puritan threat 1588/89

Answer 10

Marprelate Tracts

Question 11

What was the Vestment controversy 1566

Answer 11

37 Puritan priests dismissed from job after refusing to wear vestment

Question 12

How many Puritan priests were dismissed from their job in 1566 as part of vestment controversy

Answer 12

37

Question 13

What did Thomas Cartwright’s lectures propose

Answer 13

Abolition of bishops

Question 14

What did Elizabeth do in response to Thomas Cartwright’s lectures proposing the abolition of bishops

Answer 14

His proposal was rejected
Forced to flee to Geneva

Question 15

Who was forced to flee to Geneva and why

Answer 15

Thomas Cartwright
Made proposals for abolition of Bishops which Elizabeth rejected

Question 16

What did John Stubbs issue pamphlets about in 1579

Answer 16

Criticising Elizabeth for having marriage talks with Catholic Prince from France

Question 17

Punishment for John Stubbs

Answer 17

Put on trial for seditious writing and have right hand cut off

Question 18

What was John Stubbs put on trial for and why

Answer 18

Seditious writing
1579 wrote pamphlets criticising Elizabeth for having marriage talks with Catholic Prince of France

Question 19

True or false the Marprelate Tracts had public support

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What were the Marprelate Tracts

Answer 20

Anonymous pamphlets published 1588-89
Criticised church and bishops but gained no public support

Question 21

One example of Puritan MP who proposed new book of common prayer 1571

Answer 21

Walter Strickland

Question 22

Who was Walter Strickland

Answer 22

Puritan MP
Proposed New Common Prayer book banning vestments in 1571

Question 23

Prophesyings meaning

Answer 23

Meetings held by Puritans where prayers and summons are said (increased in 1570s)

Question 24

When were prophesyings banned

Answer 24

1576

Question 25

Who was meant to ban Prophesyings in 1576 but refused

Answer 25

Grindal
Elizabeth banned them instead

Question 26

Why did Elizabeth see prophesyings as threat

Answer 26

Thought to encourage rebellion

Question 27

Who replaced Grindal when he lost his job after refusing to ban Prophesyings

Answer 27

John Whitgift
(Whitgift was only appointed in 1583 when Grindal died)

Question 28

True or false, Whitgift supported Puritans

Answer 28

False
He had little sympathy for them

Question 29

Act of 1593

Answer 29

Act against seditious sectaries (separatists could be executed)

(As Government viewed separatism as treason)

Question 30

One key separatist

Answer 30

Robert Browne

Question 31

What did Whitgift do to reduce threat of Puritans

Answer 31

1583 issues the Three Articles for all elements of church e.g bishops to be accepted