The impact of religious developments, 1558-63 (18) Flashcards
What did many returning Protestant exiles initially see the queen as?
The “English Deborah”, protecting the godly from what they regarded as the evils and superstitions of Catholicism.
What did her most enthusiastic supporters often demonstrate?
A Protestant zeal which ensured their loyalty to the queen but which was wholly at variance with Elizabeth’s own sceptical and sometimes conservative approach to religious matters.
Where can the Protestant emphasis be seen?
In the appointment of new bishops but one of Mary’s bishops refused to continue to hold office.
What were some of the early appointments to bishoprics?
Moderates, particularly the appointment of Matthew Parker as Archbishop of Canterbury. Parker had not been in exile during Mary’s reign, but was trusted by Elizabeth having been chaplain to her mother.
What were most of Elizabeth’s new bishops?
Returning exiles and their appointments were part of a conscious strategy to reshape the hierarchy of the Church of England along more evangelic lines.
What did Elizabeth disapprove of?
Clergy marrying, distrusted preaching and ensured the preservation of musical culture of the cathedrals and university colleges.
What did the settlement emphasis?
The Erastian nature of the Church of England.
What was the queen’s view on the settlement?
Was merely an act of State which defined the relationship between Crown and Church, and it established the Church’s doctrinal position conclusively.
What did others believe about the settlement?
Represented the starting point for a process of spiritual renewal which would bring about the establishment of a true Church in England and saw the English as God’s elect nation.
The character of the settlement was defined by two developments, name the first one.
1) The 1562 publication of An Apology of the Church of England by John Jewel, bishop of Salisbury. Jewel who had been exile during the Queen Mary’s reign argued that the Church of England was returning to the true position abandoned many centuries earlier by the church of Rome.
The character of the settlement was defined by two developments, name the second one.
2) The publication in 1563 of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. The Articles sought to define the difference between the Church of England and the Catholic Church. They were broadly supportive of the reformed doctrine, especially that which was emerging out of Switzerland, though they attempted to adopt a broad and comprehensive approach to essential beliefs.
When did the mid-Tudor crisis start and finish?
The start of Edward VI reign and end of Mary I reign.
What do some historians argue what the mid-Tudor years were like?
unproductive, uncreative and strife-ridden.
What were these view said to have been because of?
Inefficiency in government, economic and social distress and failures in foreign policy.
What were the positives about the mid-Tudor period 1547-1558?
Less desirable features, for example rebellions that explicitly changed the Crown’s religious policies and social dislocation.
