Religious Change Under Mary Flashcards
Who led much of Mary’s religious reforms?
Cardinal Reginal Pole
What’s an example of Mary’s ‘persuasion’ attitude towards religious reform?
Pole’s top-down strategy: encouraged bishops to make regular visitations to their diocese- the 12 Decrees in 1555 ended pluralism
How successful were Mary’s ‘persuasion’ tactics towards religious reform?
People were eager to support a religion where leaders are seen, but Mary couldn’t stop the spread of Protestantism across Europe
Example of someone burned alive by Mary?
Alice Downs: a 60-year-old widow
How many people did Mary burn?
300 in whole reign
1553 religious changes
August: proclamation
Autumn: parliament refuse to repeal act of supremacy but pass Act of Repeal
December: Mary renounces title as papal supreme
1554 religious changes
March: royal injunctions
April: parliament reject reintroduction of heresy laws but agree once promised monastic lands won’t be returned to church
What did the royal injunctions under Mary introduce?
Remove married clergy and restored holy days, processions and ceremonies
How many married clergy were deprived following the royal injunctions?
10-25%
Support for Mary’s succession
bells rung across country, parliament opened with a sung mass, large numbers turned out for Mary’s coronation (didn’t for Jane’s)
First burning
February 1555- John Rogers
What did Mary state in her first proclamation
she ‘mindeth not to compel’ anyone to her religion
When were Ridley and Latimer burned?
16 October 1555 in Oxford
When was Cranmer burned?
21 March 1556 in Oxford
Significance of the Act of Repeal
undid all Edwardian reformation
