Reformations Flashcards
When was the break with Rome?
1534
When was the Bible translated into English, Welsh and Gaelic?
1539,1568, 1611
What was popery
A religious conspiracy of Catholicism taking over from inside the church
When was the toleration act passed?
1689
When was the act of settlement passed and what did it do?
1701, banned Catholics from ascending to the throne
What was the 1710 election fought on?
Religious division, Whigs were pro dissent and Tories were pro Anglican church
Why were many dissenters not punished?
There was a preference to maintain order than to cause violence and disruption. Duty of neighbourliness outweighed the duty of rooting out dissenters
John Morrill quote, what religion does to majorities and minorities
Was the force of religion that drove minorities to fight and forced majorities to make reluctant choices
What was seen as the only credible explanation for Charles’ behaviour?
A Popish plot, or him being brainwashed and poisoned
Where was the freest place to discuss religion and give example
The alehouse, people in Royston would pay for a private room
What did quakers do rather than conform?
Pay a £20 fine
What does Peter Clark say the amount that went to church in the Kent in the late 16th century was?
4/5, meaning 1/5 didn’t
What was the punishment that made people comply
Excommunication. Meant people would be excluded from Christian community for up to 8 years.
Number of excommunicants at one time
As many as 50,000
What does the toleration act do?
Granted freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists), solidified the glorious revolution
What are the dates of the move away from Catholicism to the church of England ruled under Henry?
1529-1536
When did Henry become head of the Church
1534
Why could 1536 be considered the most important year for the reformation?
It was the year of the dissolution of the monastries
What consequences did the destruction of monasteries have?
Damaged England’s capacity for social welfare. Infant mortality spiked after 1540
Quote, Ryrie: England’s religious status as a nation under Elizabeth the 1st
England became a Protestant nation under Elizabeth the 1st but it didn’t every truly become a nation of Protestants, it did however become a nation that hated and feared Catholics.
When did formal religious stability begin and end?
1559 and ended in 1640
What did athiesm mean?
People who lived as if there were no God, they may claim to be religious but didn’t practice
Historiography, Ryrie, when did the reformation end?
The toleration act of 1689 ended it, Catholic England had been replaced with many Godly Commonwealths
Quote, Ryrie, the achievement of the reformation
It’s enduring achievement was, instead, to ensure that the English would never again be a nation united under the same God
How Conrad Russel described Elizabeth’s church
It looked Catholic but sounded Protestant
What was Elizabeth’s policy towards religion
Her Church was to appeal to as many people as possible. She was happy to allow distinctive Puritan practices as long as they didn’t promote debate of the nature of the church
Why did the Scottish Kirk vary vastly from the Church of England?
It had established itself strongly in Lutheranism and the leader during the reformation was Mary Queen of Scots who was Catholic. Meant there was separation of Church and state
Where was the Kirk more/less successful
Was more successful in the lowlands with small pockets of Catholicism surviving in the highlands not posing a major threat to the church
Welsh reformation
Shifted smoothly to Protestantism, with little Catholic resistance, small pockets of Catholicism
Irish reformation
They didn’t accept the reformation and conformed to Catholicism
