Section 6 Flashcards
How can Elizabeth’s religion be best described?
Evangelical
What is an evangelical?
A person whose beliefs are based on faith alone
What are Puritans?
Extreme Protestants who followed the teachings of John Calvin
What is a recusant?
A Catholic who refused to attend services of the Church of England
What is an Erastian state?
When the Head of the State is also the Head of the Church
What is an Anabaptist?
Radical religious person who believes religion should be based on scriptures/texts. Believe in polygamy and other controversial practices
How old was Elizabeth when she came to the throne?
25
Mary knew that Elizabeth would change the religion of the country and so did this lead to her challenging the Act of Succession?
No
Who was the only Marian bishop willing to coronate Elizabeth as Queen?
The bishop of Carlisle
Who was responsible for tutoring Elizabeth in the Protestant faith during her formative years?
Catherine Parr
How many Protestant exiles returned to England after Mary’s death?
400
Who was the key Protestant division of the time between?
John Knox and Richard Cox
Who was chosen as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1559? What was his connection to Elizabeth?
Matthew Parker; Chaplain to Anne Boleyn
What was the name of the 1559 treaty that ended Mary’s conflict with France?
Cateau-Canbesis
How many ‘Puritan’ MPs were sitting in the House of Commons at the beginning of Elizabeth’s reign?
25
Why did Elizabeth give Parker and Cecil positions of power?
They were both moderate Protestants
What is the situation in Scotland when Elizabeth takes the throne?
Mary of Guise and French troops in Scotland; Protestants ask for help from Elizabeth leads to Treaty of Edinburgh which is good for Elizabeth
What is the situation in France throughout Mary’s reign?
Elizabeth makes the treaty of Cateau-Cambesis but she helps some French Protestants in 1562 which leads to the French refusing to give Calais back or pay the money for it
Explain the black rubric
How the laity receive communion; have to sit, stand or kneel etc.
What Protestant practices did Elizabeth approve of?
The English Bible and services
What Catholic practices did Elizabeth approve of?
Church music, Catholic vestments and clerical celibacy
When did Elizabeth hold a debate between Catholic and Protestant clergy and what was the result?
Easter 1559; the Catholic clergy withdrew so Elizabeth arrested two bishops
What did the arrest of two Catholic bishops in 1559 allow Elizabeth to do and why?
Pass the act of Uniformity; the lack of two bishops meant there was a Protestant majority
What happened in January 1559?
Parliament began and Elizabeth refused to join the procession of monks
Explain the Device for the Alteration of religion, and who authored it
Authored by William Cecil, and recommended that Elizabeth should note that the majority of the laity wanted the Catholic rites of worship to remain, but that this should not be considered a papist plot
When did Elizabeth state that all Bibles should be in English, as should the Lord’s Prayer?
December 1558
What Act allowed Elizabeth to regain status as head of the Church through the reinstatement of the act of Supremacy and when was it passed?
1559; The Act of Uniformity
What title did Elizabeth gain in 1559 and why?
Supreme Governor; to appease radicals who believed a woman could not be the head of the Church
When were the Injunctions issued?
1559
What was included in the Injunctions?
A pattern of worship, banning pilgrimages and false images, a preaching license was introduced, recusant fines and the ornaments rubric
What was the ornaments rubric?
An injunction that stated decorated vestments would be worn by clergy for mass and surplice for other services
What did the Act of Exchange allow Elizabeth to do?
Collect First Fruit and Tenths and seize land from absent priests
What was removed from the second book of common prayer (1552) to make the new book of common prayer?
Insults towards the Pope
What did the new book of common prayer allow the clergy to do?
See Mass as a memorial or transubstantiation