Puritan Threat Flashcards
Puritan beliefs
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
3 types of Puritans
Moderate
Presbyterians
Separatists
Presbyterian meaning
Type of Puritan
Want reform of church and abolition of bishops (don’t accept religious settlement)
Separatist meaning
Extreme Puritan
Radical group that want to break away from National church
Only type of Puritans that accepted religious settlement but still strongly disliked it
Moderate puritans
Puritans believed Sunday was the… Day
Lord’s Day
Puritan threat in 1566
Vestment controversy
Puritan threat 1570
Proposals by Thomas Cartwright
Puritan threat 1579
Pamphlets by John Stubbs
Puritan threat 1588/89
Marprelate Tracts
What was the Vestment controversy 1566
37 Puritan priests dismissed from job after refusing to wear vestment
How many Puritan priests were dismissed from their job in 1566 as part of vestment controversy
37
What did Thomas Cartwright’s lectures propose
Abolition of bishops
What did Elizabeth do in response to Thomas Cartwright’s lectures proposing the abolition of bishops
His proposal was rejected
Forced to flee to Geneva
Who was forced to flee to Geneva and why
Thomas Cartwright
Made proposals for abolition of Bishops which Elizabeth rejected
What did John Stubbs issue pamphlets about in 1579
Criticising Elizabeth for having marriage talks with Catholic Prince from France
Punishment for John Stubbs
Put on trial for seditious writing and have right hand cut off
What was John Stubbs put on trial for and why
Seditious writing
1579 wrote pamphlets criticising Elizabeth for having marriage talks with Catholic Prince of France
True or false the Marprelate Tracts had public support
False
What were the Marprelate Tracts
Anonymous pamphlets published 1588-89
Criticised church and bishops but gained no public support
One example of Puritan MP who proposed new book of common prayer 1571
Walter Strickland
Who was Walter Strickland
Puritan MP
Proposed New Common Prayer book banning vestments in 1571
Prophesyings meaning
Meetings held by Puritans where prayers and summons are said (increased in 1570s)
When were prophesyings banned
1576
Who was meant to ban Prophesyings in 1576 but refused
Grindal
Elizabeth banned them instead
Why did Elizabeth see prophesyings as threat
Thought to encourage rebellion
Who replaced Grindal when he lost his job after refusing to ban Prophesyings
John Whitgift
(Whitgift was only appointed in 1583 when Grindal died)
True or false, Whitgift supported Puritans
False
He had little sympathy for them
Act of 1593
Act against seditious sectaries (separatists could be executed)
(As Government viewed separatism as treason)
One key separatist
Robert Browne
What did Whitgift do to reduce threat of Puritans
1583 issues the Three Articles for all elements of church e.g bishops to be accepted
