Religious and Ecclesiastical policies under Mary

Question 1

What did Royal injunctions in 1554 do? (4)

Answer 1

• Restored Holy Days
• Restored processions and ceremonies
• Removed Protestant Bishops
• Deprived married priests of their jobs

Question 2

Who issues multiple royal injunctions in 1554?

Answer 2

Mary 1

Question 3

Key features of the first Act of repeal: (5)

Answer 3

• Parliament repealed Edwards changes and reconfirmed the six articles of faith from Henry VIII
• Mary gave up her title as the head of the church
• Papal authority restored
• Second act of uniformity was suspended
• Mass was restored without any major opposition (apart from Wyatt’s rebellion)

Question 4

As part of the Acts of repeal, whos changes were repealed?

Answer 4

Edwards

Question 5

As part of the Acts of repeal, what was confirmed?

Answer 5

The six articles of faith from Henry VIII

Question 6

As part of the Acts of repeal, who gives up their title as head of the church?

Answer 6

Mary

Question 7

As part of the second Act of repeal, why was a full-scale catholic restoration prevented?

Answer 7

Mary had to allow landowners who’d bought Church land after 1536 to keep it

Question 8

What happens in 1553 suggesting an anti-papal feeling?

Answer 8

Parliament refused to repeal the Act of Supremacy

Question 9

What does Parliament do in 1554? Why?

Answer 9

Resisted the reintroduction of heresy laws until promises were made that monastic lands would not be returned

Question 10

Why does parliament resist the reintroduction of heresy laws in 1554?

Answer 10

As the MP’s had been the ones buying the monastic lands

Question 11

What was the cause of most opposition in Parliament?

Answer 11

Factional struggles and attempts to assert power over parliament instead of religious causes

Question 12

What does Bishop Bonner publish?

Answer 12

Book of Homilies

Question 13

Which book was the Book of Homilies similar too?

Answer 13

Henry VIII’s Catholicism in the King’s book of 1543

Question 14

Why was the Book of Homilies influential? (2)

Answer 14

• Book would be widely circulated

- Played a role in preaching

Question 15

What were the 12 Decrees?

Answer 15

Expectations of priests set out by Mary

Question 16

Within the 12 decrees what were priests banned from? (3)

Answer 16

• Marrying
• Non-residence
• Pluralism

Question 17

Why were priests of greater importance within the Church? (2)

Answer 17

• Relied on for instructions in the faith

- Required to check that reforms were being enforced

Question 18

Under Mary, how many protestants were forced into exile?

Answer 18

800

Question 19

When were heresy laws intoduced?

Answer 19

April 1554

Question 20

When did the burnings occur?

Answer 20

From 1555 up until mary’s death

Question 21

How many Protestants were burnt following 1555?

Answer 21

300

Question 22

Where were the Protetsnatans predominantly burnt? Why?

Answer 22

London and the South East due to the large numbers of Protestants and the proximity to London

Question 23

What does John Foxe argue?

Answer 23

The burnings caused considerable opposition helping to convert people to Protestantism

Question 24

Which key figures were burnt under Mary?

Answer 24

Ridley, Latimer and Cranmer

Question 25

Why were local authorities vital?

Answer 25

Their report and persecutions enforced the heresy laws

Question 26

How many Protestants were executed following the death of Gardiner?

Answer 26

274

Question 27

What happens when the second Act of repeal is published?

Answer 27

All religious changes since 1529 reversed

Question 28

In relation to the 12 Decrees, what were the new rules over bibles? (2)

Answer 28

• They were instructed to have latin bibles

- Prevent commoners from reading the bibles

Question 29

When was the first act of repeal intoduced?

Answer 29

October 1553

Question 30

When was the second act of repeal intoduced?

Answer 30

December 1554

Question 31

When were royal injuctions intoduced?

Answer 31

March 1554

Question 32

When was the book of homilies intoduced?

Answer 32

1555

Question 33

When were the 12 decrees intoduced?

Answer 33

1556

Question 34

At first, why does mary believe she has support for her religious views?

Answer 34

As she had support for her accession