religion

Question 1

what dilema did mary face to do with changing laws on religion

Answer 1

• to repeal legislation used to break from rome she needed to pass new acts thorough parliament
  this meant she had to acknowledge that henry VIII’s laws that were passed were valid which meant going against catholicism and accepting statuute law over her fundamental belief

Question 2

what issues did Mary face when trying to revert the country back to catholicism according to john guy?

Answer 2

• key catholic beleifs such as purgatory and pilgramage were casulaties of henry and edwards reigns
• dissolution of the charnties made catholic re-education difficult at a popular level
• congregations decline when edwardian prayre books were introduced but is unclear if they recovered under mary

Question 3

when were prominent members of protestant clergy imprisoned

Answer 3

september 1553

- cranmer impirsoned with hooper, ridley ect

Question 4

parliament refused to repeal act of supremacy but passed act of repeal

Answer 4

autumn 1553

act of repeal undid all Edwardian reformation and reaffirmed transubstination (restoring England back to the religious doctrine of the 1547 act of 6 articles

Question 5

800 protestant exiled

Answer 5

jan 1554

Question 6

royal injunctions issued

Answer 6

1554

removed marries clergy and restored holy days, processions and ceremonies
eventually 10-20% of clergy were deprived of being marries

Question 7

second act of repeal

Answer 7

nov 1554

undid all anti-papal legislation since 1529 and henrican reform

Question 8

first protestant burnt

Answer 8

1555
john Rodgers a biblical translator became the first martyr of the reign

months later joined by ridley and latimer

Question 9

how many people were burnt under mary

Answer 9

300

Question 10

Reginald pole became archbishop of canterbury in 1555, what religious policy did he implement that wasn’t extreme

Answer 10

• encouraged bishops to visit the diocese to check on finances
• the London synod drew up 12 decrees put an eds to abuses such as priests having more than one parish and the influence of nepotism over meritocracy

USE IN EXAMS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT NOT ALL RELIGOUS POL WAS EXTREME

Question 11

mary didn’t want to kill all protestants what did she believe could be done to errant protestants

Answer 11

they could be pointed back in a catholic direction

Question 12

what censorship was implemented under mary

Answer 12

• possesion of protestant books was treasonable
• ## slander or mary or Philip treasonable

Question 13

how many copies of the 1552 prayer book were in circulation in marys reign?

Answer 13

19,000

Question 14

why did mary loose the war on of words?

Answer 14

failed to cultivate a cult of personality as her father had. and she didn’t inspire intellectuals who would write about her to cultivate one

Question 15

what did the foxes book of martyres create

Answer 15

used anti-catholic sentiments after publishing of burning caused death by asphyxiation

Question 16

why do some historians believe marys extreme policies did her more harm than good

Answer 16

burning of protestants created sympathy for them and provided her opponents to produce critical propaganda

Question 17

factors hindering catholic restoration

Answer 17

• pole’s strategy relied on active involvement of the bishops but 6 sees were left vacant for north than half marys reign
• new pope paul (successor of popu julius who died) was anti hapsburg so didn’t support england as much
• a very short 5 year reign