Religion

Question 1

When was the Edict of Fontainebleau (the revocation if the edict of Nantes)?

Answer 1

-22nd October 1685.

Question 2

What does Bishopric mean?

Answer 2

-The office or rank of the bishop.
-Some bishoprics had an income of
10 000 livers per year.

Question 3

What was the initial clash between Louis and the Pope caused by in 1662?

Answer 3

-There was a clash between the French ambassador in Rome and Papal guards, this caused friction because Louis demanded an apology from the Pope and seized Avignon. The papacy was embarrassed as an apology for this was eventually submitted.

Question 4

When did Louis claim Regalle Temporelle across the whole of France?

Answer 4

1673

Question 5

When were the Gallican Articles published?

Answer 5

• 1682
• As a blatant move against the Pope, Louis filled the Clergy Assembly with Gallicans which resulted in the Gallican Articles being published.

Question 6

When did the Pope release the Bull Unigentus?

Answer 6

• 1713

- Louis pressured him, it condemned Jansenism.

Question 7

What is Gallicanism?

Answer 7

The movement to keep the French Church as free as possible from Papal control without actually breaking from Rome.

Question 8

What is Royal Gallicanism?

Answer 8

The defence of the rights of the French monarch within the French Church.

Question 9

What is Ecclesiastical Gallicanism?

Answer 9

The desire to preserve for the French clergy an administrative independence from Rome.

Question 10

What is Jansenism?

Answer 10

A Catholic movement which emphasised an individual’s relationship with God, challenging the traditional hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 11

What were Jesuits?

Answer 11

Members if the Society of Jesus, also know as ‘God’s Marines’, who wanted to spread the Catholic faith by any means possible.

Question 12

What were Ultramontanes?

Answer 12

People who insisted that the Pope was the source if all authority within the Church.

Question 13

What were Huguenots?

Answer 13

French Protestants

Question 14

What was the Pope?

Answer 14

The head of the Roman Catholic Church

Question 15

What was the Papacy?

Answer 15

The office or authority of the Pope.

Question 16

What was a Papal Bull?

Answer 16

A formal instruction issued by the Pope which was sealed with a stamped lead bulla to guarantee it’s authenticity.

Question 17

The was the Regale Spirituelle?

Answer 17

The right to appoint bishops to certain sees.

Question 18

What was the Regale Temporelle?

Answer 18

The right to enjoy income from sees when they were vacant.

Question 19

What was excommunication?

Answer 19

To officially exclude someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

Question 20

What were the Clergy?

Answer 20

The people ordained for religious duties in the Christian Church.

Question 21

What does Secular mean?

Answer 21

The attitudes, activities or anything unrelated to religion.

Question 22

What does Ecclesiastical mean?

Answer 22

Something relating to the Christian church or clergy.

Question 23

What is Sacrilege?

Answer 23

Violation or insult to anything considered sacred.

Question 24

What was Heresy?

Answer 24

Belief or opinion that contradicts orthodox religious beliefs.

Question 25

What was a Heretic?

Answer 25

Someone who challenges accepted religious beliefs.

Question 26

What type of ruler was Louis?

Answer 26

• Absolutist.

- He had a theocratic rule.

Question 27

When was the Bull Unigentus released?

Answer 27

• 1713

- Louis pressured the pope to release the bull condemning Jansenism.

Question 28

What is a Devot?

Answer 28

A Devot is a name given in France to a party following a Catholic policy of opposition to the Protestants inside France and alliance with the Catholic Habsburg monarchy abroad.