Somerset

Question 1

How was the 1549 act of uniformity a mixed message which created confusion at best and bitter resentment at worst

Answer 1

replaced the catholic latin mass with english communion service but, book of common prayer imposed phased the communion speech to make it possible to take them as accepting to rejecting the real presence but catholic practice of elevating body and blood explicitly forbidden

Question 2

ambiguity 1549 act permitting clergy to marry

Answer 2

ostensibly prot attack on catholic view priests expected remain unmarried yet act stated celibacy be preferred

Question 3

William Body

Answer 3

local arch deacon cornwall promoted fear by his aggressive drawing up of inventories man reason outbreak 1549 western rebellion

Question 4

churchwarden of Berkshire parish comment on the dissolution of the chantries

Answer 4

” all godly ceremonies and good uses were taken out of the church within this realm”

Question 5

what year were all the images ordered to be removed from the church

Answer 5

1548

elected prot iconoclasm

Question 6

Why did Somerset’s reforms present a profound shock to the traditionally minded

Answer 6

lonstanding aural and visual culture of parish church largely dismantled- images removed, simplification baptism ritual, prayers soul, processions + rituals banned, rituals incorporated seasonal occupations into church life- blessing plough thus the change was an insult to themselves, families, ancestors + community - IT CONDEMNED AS MEANINGLESS THE SYLE OF WORSHIP WHICH TRADITION HAD HONOURED