Queen, government and changing religious ideas Flashcards
Define jesuits
Dedicated to serving the Pope
Define recusants
Those who refused to attend church
Catholicism 1570’s- why were catholics exploded to fines during this period
By the pope forbidding catholics from attending church and either to choose loyalty to him or the Queen, they were exposed to fines.
Catholicism 1570’s- why weren’t foreign attacks popular
foreign attacks weren’t popular because they saw the difference between Elizabeth being head of the church and their rightful monarch.
Most landowners were happy with the stability of her reign, social stability was much preferable to anarchy
When did the missionary priest arrive and where from?
Mid-70’s, from Douai in the Netherlands
Describe missionary priests
Founded by William Allen
They were trained as priests for England.
By 1590 there were over 100.
They moved in secret living with catholic families
Catholicism in the 1st decade- what punishments were given to those who who didn’t attend church or performing mass?
Fines and confiscation of land
Imprisonment
These penalties were deliberately severe but not harsh.
Catholicism in the 1st decade- was Catholicism strongly supported?
No, it appeared that Catholicism had little support, few parish priest refused the Oath of supremacy
What evidence is there that Elizabeth was cautious in her policies
Fines for non-attendance weren’t collected.
Many clergy in the 1560’s led worship that contained traces of Catholicism.
Many priests saying mass weren’t executed until 1577
No one was asked a second time to swear an oath therefore there was no death penalty
When did the Pope instruct English English catholics not to attend Anglican Church services?
1567
When did Philip II send troops to the Netherlands to stop a rebellion against catholics
1567
10,000
When did MQS arrive in England
1568
When was the seminary training college for priests in Netherlands made?
1568
When did the pope excommunicate Elizabeth? Add more detail
1570, he declared all catholics free of their loyalty to the Queen. Any catholics obeying her would also incur excommunication. He encouraged home and abroad to oppose her.
When did catholics in France slaughter Protestants during St Bartholomew day celebration?
1572
Why did Elizabeth fear that France would turn the attention to Hersey in England?
Because of the slaughtering of Protestants during St Bartholomew day
When was the treason act? Give more info
1571, it made the denial of Elizabethan supremacy or the importation of the Popes order of excommunication
In 1603 how much of the population was estimated to be catholic sympathies, and how many were recusants
10% catholic sympathises
2% were active recusants
Reactions to the catholic threat 1580s-90s- when did the seminary priests become a threat and why?
Late 1570’s
With the relations with Spain and MQS several priests were excited for denying royal supremacy
Reactions to the catholic threat 1580s-90s- Why were the jesuits seen as more dangerous?
They were seen as fanatics
1580-1590- When was the Act of ‘to retain the Queen’s majesty subjects in their due obedience’ and what did it mean?
1581
Saying mass was a fine with 200 Marks and a years imprisonment. Failure to attend church incurred a £20 month fine (sums ordinary people couldn’t afford)
1580-1590- When was the act ‘against jesuits seminary priests and other disobedient persons’ and what was it
1585
Catholic priests were to leave the country within 40 days
1580-1590- How many catholic priests were executed under the act ‘against jesuits, seminary priests and other disobedient persons?
150
1580-1590- why did the catholics become less of a threat
With the combination of harsh laws and the wish for most catholics to remain loyal subjects of the crown
Was Elizabeth’s cautious policies successful?
No
Mass was still practised in secret
Among ordinary people Catholicism appears to have less support
The jesuits and seminary priests clashed in regard of Spain invading
Yes
There was little enthusiasm for plots against Elizabeth
Catholicism was surviving in the 1590’s often based on gentry households and few nobility