Religion Sources Flashcards
EDWARD RELIGION
EDWARD RELIGION
What % of London and East Anglia were Protestant?
+50%
What % of Sussex was Protestant?
27%
What % of Devon was Protestant?
1%
What % of York was Protestant?
2%
When was the Book of Homilies placed in every Church?
July 1547
When were superstitious statues removed from churches?
July 1547
When were churches forced to perform services in English?
July 1547
When was William Body murdered for removing superstitious images from churches?
5th April 1548
What Parliament Act in Autumn 1547 allowed for the dissolution of monasteries?
The Chantries Act
Why were the monasteries dissolved?
To fund the war against Scotland
When did the Edwardian government repeal the Treason Act?
Autumn 1547
What did the repealing of the Treason Act in Autumn 1547 lead to?
Radical street preaching
When did the Edwardian government ban public preaching altogether?
September 1548
What did government proclamations from February 1548 to February 1549 do?
Removed images in churches
When did the Book of Common prayer become law?
December 1548
On what date was the 1st Act of Uniformity passed?
21st January 1549
What were 2 things stated in the 1st Act of Uniformity?
- Clergy could marry
- Services in English
What days remained in the 1st Act of Uniformity, appeasing Catholics?
Fast days and holy days
What could Catholics still do in the 1st Act of Uniformity?
Worship saints
Where did Bishop Hooper carry out visitations?
Gloucester
Out of 311 clergy in Gloucester, how many could not recite the Lord’s Prayer in English?
10
Out of 311 clergy in Gloucester, how many could not recite the 10 commandments in English?
171
When did Northumberland replace Somerset?
Summer of 1549
When was the new Ordinal?
January 1550
What were 2 Catholic aspects of the new Ordinal?
- Wearing a surplice
- Swearing an oath on the saints
What bishop refused the new ordinal and declined the role of the Bishop of Gloucester?
Bishop Hooper
Why did Bishop Hooper eventually accept the ordination?
He was imprisoned
When was the new Treason Act under Northumberland introduced?
January 1552
When was the 2nd Act of Uniformity passed?
March 1552
What did the 2nd Act of Uniformity make it illegal to not use?
The 2nd Book of Common Prayer
MARY RELIGION
MARY RELIGION
How many Marian exiles fled for Germany and Switzerland?
800 Marian exiles
What appeared in Oxford when Mary became Queen?
Chalices
Religious change since what year did Mary want to undo?
1529
What 2 things did Mary want to restore?
- Papal authority
- Belief in transubstantiation
What Protestant practice did Mary want to abolish?
Clerical marriage
What 3 people urged Mary not to restore Catholicism too quickly?
- Simon Renard
- Pope Julius III
- Charles V
When was the 1st Act of Repeal passed under Mary?
October 1553
What did the 1st Act of Repeal under Mary repeal?
All religious change made under Edward
What did Parliament refuse to repeal in October 1553?
The Act of Supremacy
What did Mary use her royal prerogative to suspend in late 1553?
The 2nd Act of Uniformity
When were the Royal Injunctions passed?
Spring 1554
What did the Royal Injunctions restore?
Catholic traditions and practices
When did Parliament refuse to pass heresy laws?
April 1554
Why did Parliament refuse to pass heresy laws in April 1554?
They wanted guarantees over former monastic lands
Who lost their jobs as a result of the Royal Injunctions?
Married clergy
When was the 2nd Act of Repeal passed?
November 1554
What did the 2nd Act of Repeal do?
Made England a Catholic country, undid all religious legislation since 1529
What did the 2nd act of Repeal introduce?
Heresy laws
What did the 2nd Act of Repeal protect?
Former monastic lands that had been bought
When was John Rogers burnt?
4th February 1555
How many were executed after heresy laws were introduced in November 1554?
274
How many women were executed after heresy laws were introduced in November 1554?
51 women
Who wrote ‘Act and Monuments’ aka ‘Book of Martyrs’, which described the burnings?
John Foxe
When were Bishops Latimer and Ridley burnt in Oxford?
16th October 1555
When was Thomas Cranmer burnt?
21st March 1556
What were sold at the burnings?
Cherries
Why were the burnings moved to the mornings?
To prevent drunken violence
When did QE order John Foxe’s ‘Acts and Monuments’ be placed in every church?
1571
