religion Flashcards
main acts of the religious settlement
act of supremacy
act of uniformity
royal injunctions
key features of the act of supremacy
- elizabeth was supreme governor of the church not supreme head
- all clergy had to make an oath to elizabeth
- church organisation didn’t change (archbishops still existed for example)
key features of the act of uniformity
- reintroduced 1552 book of common prayer
- 1 shilling fine for church non-attendance, but this was not enforced very strongly
- church decoration was a mix- altars replaced with protestant communion tables but catholic decorations like candles and crosses were put on them`
- clergy wore vestments
communion controversy
‘black rubric’ which denied the presence of christ was omitted but kneeling (which suggested presence) was allowed
key features of the royal injunctions
- preachers had to be licenced
- every church had an english bible
- pilgrimage was banned
- altars could no longer be destroyed
other religious settlement law
- dissolved remaining monasteries
- clergy could marry
what had to happen for the act of uniformity to pass?
2 bishops were sent to the tower and the abbot of westminster had to be absent
when did mary queen of scots arrive in england?
1568
excommunication
pope pius v, 1570
what happened with the pope in 1580?
(gregory xiii) said it was ok to kill elizabeth ‘with the intention of doing god service’
northern rebellion year, people involved, events
northumberland/westmoreland, held an illegal catholic mass in durham cathedral
northern rebellion response
puritan (hastings) became president of the council of the north, 400 executed
ridolfi plot year, events
1571, called for spanish intervention to get mqos on the throne- netherlands invasion at the same time as the catholic attack
who was/wasn’t executed following the ridolfi plot?
norfolk was executed, mqos was not
throckmorton plot year, events
1583- remove elizabeth and replace her with mqos, paid for by the pope and philip
throckmorton- aftermath
mary moved to a castle with no visitors where all her mail had to be checked, and the ‘bond of association’ was passed allowing elizabeth to execute anyone who plotted to kill her
when was the act against jesuits passed
feb 1585
when did the first jesuits arrive in england?
june 1580
how many people in kent joined the corpus christi procession?
3000 (showed considerable catholic support)