Religious changes 1547-1558 Flashcards
State all the religious changes under Somerset (Protestant moves) (7)
July 1547 - Book of Homilies
Nov - Dec 1547 - Chantries Act
Nov - Dec 1547 - Act of Six Articles repealed
Nov - Dec 1547 - Treason Act repealed
Jan - Sep 1548 - series of proclamations
January 15th 1549 - Cranmer’s First Prayer Book
January 1549- Act of Uniformity
State all the religious changes under Northumberland (more radical Protestant moves) (6)
Jan 1552 - New Treason Act Jan 1552 - Second Book of Common prayer April 1552 - Second Act of Uniformity Nov 1552 - 'Black Rubric' Ref Nov 1552 - 42 Articles May 1553 - Devise to exclude Mary
Explain Somerset’s Changes
July 1547 - Book of Homilies
Nov - Dec 1547 - Chantries Act
Nov - Dec 1547 - Act of Six Articles repealed
July 1547 - Book of Homilies - book of homilies in every church
Nov - Dec 1547 - Chantries Act - belief in purgatory was superstitious, 3,000 chantries were dissolved
Nov - Dec 1547 - Act of Six Articles repealed - left Church w/out official doctrine
Explain Somerset’s Changes
Nov - Dec 1547 - Treason Act repealed
Jan - Sep 1548 - series of proclamations
January 15th 1549 - Cranmer’s First Prayer Book
Nov - Dec 1547 - Treason Act repealed - allowed spread of pamphlets attacking mass
Jan - Sep 1548 - series of proclamations - e.g removal of all images, only authorised clergy to speak, etc
Jan 1549 - Cranmer’s First Prayer Book - subtle move towards Protestantism - services in English, purgatory unclear
Explain Somerset’s changes:
January 1549- Act of Uniformity
January 1549- Act of Uniformity - Book of Common Pray official liturgy - only sig resistance was Western
Explain Northumberland’s changes
Jan 1552 - New Treason Act
Jan 1552 - Second Book of Common prayer
Jan 1552 - New Treason Act - offence to question royal supremacy/articles of faith
Jan 1552 - Second Book of Common prayer - ‘The English Church could be described as fully reformed’ D.Loades
Explain Northumberland’s changes
April 1552 - Second Act of Uniformity
Nov 1552 - ‘Black Rubric’ Ref
April 1552 - Second Act of Uniformity - enforced Second Book of Common Prayer - offence for clergy and laity not attending Protestant service
Nov 1552 - ‘Black Rubric’ Reformation - kneeling for Communion is only respect not idolatry - Edward personally intervened in this debate
Explain Northumberland’s changes:
Nov 1552 - 42 Articles submission
Act of 42 Articles (Nov 1552) was issued by government (not parliamentary law) it was based on the Prot. doctrine of justification by faith alone
To what extent was England Protestant by the death of Edward VI in 1553?
ENGLAND WAS PROTESTANT - 3
ENGLAND WAS PROTESTANT
- Jan 1552 - Second Book of Common prayer - ‘The English Church could be described as fully reformed’ D.Loades
- Duffy says of common people, “used to obedience, many of them accepted the changes, however unwelcome, as unavoidable”.
- little SERIOUS religious resistance
To what extent was England Protestant by the death of Edward VI in 1553?
ENGLAND WAS CATHOLIC - 3
- Edward was only King for 6 years & England officially Prot.- 1552 Act of Uniformity only lasted a year & E died before the 42 Articles could be imposed no time to make England truly Prot
- Duffy has claimed that many parishes kept or hid as many images
- Paget warned Somerset that “the use of the old religion is forbidden by a law, but the use of the new is not yet printed in the stomachs of 11 out of 12 parts of the realm”.
Religious changes under Mary:
1553 (2)
Religious changes 1553 -
- Autumn 1553 - parliament refused to pass Act of Repeal - restored to 1547 state under Act of 6 Articles
- suspended the Second Act of Uniformity - Wyatt’s rebellion
Religious changes under Mary:
1554 (3)
Religious changes 1554
- March 1554 - royal injunctions restored some traditional Catholic practices - e.g holy days, 243 priests lost their post
- April 1554 - rejected reintroduction to heresy laws
- Nov 1554 - Second Act of Repeal - undid all anti-papal legislation since 1529
Religious changes under Mary:
1555 (2)
Religious changes 1555
- Feb 1555 - John Rogers (Bible translator) first tp be burnt at the stake - protestant martyr
- Dec 1555 - Pole = Archbishop of Canterbury - London Synod met
To what extent had Mary succeeded in making England a Catholic country by 1558? (2)
- bringing back the Mass & Catholic doctrines like transubstantiation & clerical celibacy, Mary was returning to H’s policy; in the history of religious policy 1529-58, it was the shortlived enforcement of Protestantism under E VI
- large gatherings at burnings
To what extent had Mary not succeeded in making England a Catholic country by 1558? (4)
Failures of Mary’s religious policy:
- Pole unfamiliar with England + didn’t use helps of Jesuits
- Pope Paul IV not a fan of Pole
- Mary didn’t seize propaganda opportunities
- Burnings unpopular - John Foxe Book of Martyrs 1563