The Puritan threat Flashcards
Puritan
An extreme Protestant that wanted to purify the church and have simpler worship
Puritan beliefs on ceremonies and rituals
Ones developed by the Catholic Church were against god
Because it was too lavish
Puritan beliefs on hierarchy
It wasn’t needed, nor were bishops
Puritan beliefs on entertainment
Dancing, singing and music was sinful
Puritan beliefs on clothes
People should dress modestly
Puritan beliefs on Sunday
It was the Lords day and MUST be for rest
What did Puritans think of Elizabeth’s church?
Accepted it at first because Mary’s rule was so harsh
But began to think it was still too Catholic after a while
Calvinists
Puritans who believed Elizabeth’s church was too Catholic and wanted to reform it
Moderate Puritans
Accepted the religious settlement but encouraged more Puritan beliefs
Presbyterians
Wanted more Puritan reforms
Wanted the church to be ran by elected teachers and get rid of bishops
Separatists
Wanted to completely break away from Elizabeth’s church
The vestment controversy
The Archbishop of Canterbury wrote in his book what vestments should be worn by clergy
But Puritans thought it was too similar to Catholic vestments
Thomas Cartwright
Professor at Cambridge Uni who said the church needed more Presbyterian reforms
He wanted no bishops, each church should be ruled by elected leaders
John Stubbs
Wrote an angry Pamphlet because Elizabeth considered marrying a French Catholic Duke
The Marprelate Tracts
Puritan anonymous pamphlets that criticised the church and bishops
Used very offensive language and offended people
Although achieved the opposite as it lost some Puritan sympathy
Walter Strickland
Introduced bill in Parliament to change clergy vestments and reform the prayer book
How did Elizabeth respond to Strickland?
She closed Parliament so he couldn’t discuss it
She banned all discussions of religion
Those who challenged this decision went to Tower of London
Puritan opposition in the privy council
Walter Strickland and Robert Dudley
Not too serious as they were moderate and encouraged change rather than forced
What was the problem for Elizabeth controlling Puritan threat?
Easy in Parliament as she could just close it
But they started printing pamphlets (Marprelate tracts) and preaching in public
Prophesyings
Puritan meetings in which they preferred to hear Puritan preaching rather than the sermons in Elizabeth’s prayer book
What was the problem with prophesyings?
They held a threat to her power as they moved away from Elizabeth’s rules laid down in the act of uniformity
Showing how they
How did Elizabeth respond to prophesyings?
She banned them by issuing instructions to her bishop
The Three Articles
Articles Elizabeth and archbishop came up with to prevent the Puritan threat
Reinforced the religious settlement
Contents of the 3 articles
Clergy had to:
Accept everything in book of common prayer
Accept bishops
Accept the 39 articles = beliefs of the Church of England
