Religion Flashcards
How many people were exiled after the repeal of Edwards’s religious laws ?
800 - the majority were nobility
When was Mary’s first parliament and what did it do ?
Oct 1553 - Repealed Edward’s religious laws + restored it to that at HVIII’s death
How many MPs voted against the repeal of Edward’s religious laws ?
80
When was the deprivation of married clergy and what were the consequences ?
Autumn 1553 : 25% of Parish clergy in London and Norwich were deprived however some were reinstated when they gave up their wives
What were the 2 main Bills that parliament rejected and when were they ?
1554 : Rejected a bill to have included Philip in the new protective clauses of a new treason law
1555: Rejected a bill to allow the seizure of the property of protestant exiles
When was the restoration of Heresy laws and what were it’s consequences ?
Jan 1555 : Meant that Mary had to acknowledge the jurisdiction of statute law in matters involving religion
How many heretics were burned and what were their statuses ?
289 Burned : 260 were common people 60 in London 51 women 5 Bishops 81 Gentry
What was Pole’s legatine synod and what did this result in ?
Set out his expectations and attempted to counter the accusations against the church eg bishops had to reside in their dioceses
There were wide variations in how this was practiced and how successfully it was embraced
How did Mary use Persuasion to promote catholicism ?
- Printed more catholic texts
- 1556-7 Pole had a synard
- Attempted to improve the quality of the church itself
- Believed protestants needed to have the error of their ways pointed out to them
Were the burnings effective ?
No clear evidence of a strong correlation reactions to the burnings
Some of the protestants would have become martyrs and there was public sympathy
Summery of the War of Words and why it wasn’t effective :
- Policy of censorship throughout Mary’s reign - made it treason to slander Mary or Philip
- 19,000 copies of the 1552 prayer book in Mary’s reign
- Overseas printing outnumbered Marian texts and it failed to inspire intellectuals
Why was catholicism not successfully restored ?
- The cost of restoring it was high eg replacing alters and images
- The majority of people had no clear religion and the many people were simply willing to follow their social superiors
- Acts of parliament had to be passed and could only be repealed in the same way
What evidence supports the notion that catholicism was welcomed by the population at the beginning of Mary’s reign :
- Initial popularity of Mary
- At oxford, Chalics were brought out and mass was celebrated
Aug 1553 - An alter and cross was set up at St Nicholas Abbey
What issue delayed the restoration of Papal supremacy and when was it resolved ?
The fate of Church lands
Resolved in the 3rd Parliament 1554
Who was papal legate and promoted to Architect of Canterbury ?
Reginald Pole
