The Puritan Threat Flashcards
What is a Puritan
A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.
What did the puritans believe in
Predestination
What does predestination mean
Means that you are predestined at birth to either go to heaven or hell
What did puritans do on Sundays
Did religious studies (no theatre, gambling, games)
What were Presbyterians
Extremely puritans who fought for their cause
When was the vestments controversy
Puritan threat
1570
What was the vestments controversy
Archbishop of Canterbury wrote the ‘book of advertisements’
Many puritans were against this and 37 were sacked in London
‘When was’ Thomas Cartwright
Puritan threat
1570
What did Thomas Cartwright do
Cartwright threatened to abolish archbishops because he was a Presbyterian
What did John Stubbs do
He wrote a book criticising the Queen in 1579
He alleges that the Queen was engaged with the Duke of Anjou
What were the Marprelate tracts
In 1588-89 a series of leaflets sent across the country, though this had a minimal impact because Protestants did the same with Protestant ideas
What did Walter Strickland do
A Puritan MP from Yorkshire who wrote a new book of common prayer. Banned as a MP as a result 1571
What did John fields and Thomas Wilcox do
Published 2 books saying that the bible wanted a Presbyterian church
What did peter wentworth do
Complained that MPs did not have a say in the parliament
Who was archbishop grindal
Archibishop of Canterbury in July 1575 who was asked to stop prophesying (puritan meetings) but he did nothing
