The Religious Settlement Flashcards by Patrick Kane

What was important to 16th Centery life?

Religion

Many things like Baptism, Marriage and death were marked with special ceremonies

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Examples of how religion ruled ower people?

Prayers were belived to help people after death

People thought that you needed to go to confession in order to clean your soul and go to heavon

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What would happen in Plough Sunday?

Crops were blessed

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Why did the Reformation in England start?

People thought that the Catholic church had become greedy and corrupt

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When did the English Reformation start?

1532

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What was happened with religion at the start of Elozebeth’s reign?

The reformation was tearing Europe apart

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What was a problem with people not understanding Latin?

People were expected to accept what the mass said.

This lead to Protostants wanting the Bible to be read in English so that people could undertand it

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What did Extreme protostants believe?

That the bible was the only thing that mattered

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List what Catholics belived

You don’t need them all

The pope is the head of the church
Under the popes are cardinals and then bishups
The bibble and mass should be in Latin
The church can forgive sins
During mass the body and blood of christ is created through a mirical
Priests shoud wear special vestements
Chirches shoudl be specialy decorated
There are 7 sacraments
Priests are forbiden to marry

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List what Protostants believe?

They should be no pope
Cardinals and bishups are not necesary
The bible and mass shoud be in english (or their language)
People have their own relationship with God
Sin’s can only be forgiven by God
The bread and wine only represent the last supper. They arn’t actually the body and blood of christ
Chirches should be plane and simple as well as priest vestements
There shoudl only be 2 sacraments
Proests should be aloud to marry

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What are the 2 sacraments that protostants believe there are?

Baptism and Holy Communion

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What religion was Elizebeth

Protostant

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When did Elizebeth become queen?

1558

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Who was the only true protostant english monarch?

Edward VI

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What was the reign of Edward VI?

1547-1553

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Why was Elizebeth right to think that religious conflict may spread into England?

Many catholics thought Elizebeth was illegitimate

There was a good alternatove to the English Throne (Mary, Queen of Scotts)

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What was the religion of most of English Bishups in 1558?

They were mostly catholic

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Describe the religion of priests in 1558

many priests changed their relogion to keep their Job. However many refused to woek in a protostant church

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Where in England was their strong protostant support?

South-East England (near London)

Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent

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Where were there strong support for Catholism?

North West England (Far from London)

Durham, Lancashire, Cheshire, Stafford

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What happened to protostants under the reign of Mary I?

300, Many more escaped from England who then returned to England under Elizebeth(but they were mich more radical and commited)

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What were Radical protostamts often reffered to as?

Puritains as they wanted to “purify” Catholism

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Why did Puritans pose a threat to Elizebeth?

They may start riots
They may want persecution of Catholics in revenge for what Mary did (300 burnings)
They didn’t want to be ruled by the the Pope or the Queen and could therefore cause a civil war
Some Puritans belived that they had the right to overthrown the monarch

Is puritans a capital letter?

YES

What were 3 features of the Elizebethan religious settlement?

Act of Supremacy Act of Uniformity The Rotyal Injunctions

Explain the Act of Supremacy

It made Elizebeth the extreme governer of the Church of England All clergy and royal officials had to swear an oath of allegiance to Elizebeth Also ordered that everyone was to go to mass on Sundays and other holy days

Explain the Act of uniformity

Established the appearance of churches and priests robes

Explain the royal injunctions

These were a set of instructions set out by William Cecil on behalf of the Queen It re-enforced a wide range of ishues from the Act of Uniformity It included instructions of how Masses shoud be conducted

What was the punishment for not going to mass every Sunday?

1 shilling

How many pence (1p now money) were there in a shilling?

What act set out how much people shoud be paid? When was it set out?

Labourer' act 1563

What did the Labourers act set out?

Labourers could ern up to 3 pence a day Skilled Craftmen - 4 pence a day A servent - 8 or 9 a week

Why would Elizebth want to make church mandatory?

She was religious She could see how was disobaying her She could also monoter the amount of teachers and docters ect as they also ahd to get a liecense

Give examples of the ishues that the royal injunctions covered?

All clergy were to teach the Royal Supremecy Anyone refusing to attend church would be reported to the Privy counsil Each Paris was to have a copy of an English Bible No one was alloud to preach without a lisence from the Governemnt Pilgrimages and "fake" monuments were banned The clergy had to wear special vestements

How did the Royal injunctions help the Religious Settlement?

It was vague so it could be interpreted either way It refered to "fake" miricals leaving the possibility that there had been real ones

Why dod protostant's want churches to be plain with no pictures?

Sp that they wern't wprshiping idols

Describe a traditional Catholic church?

``` A clear Altar Special robes Painted walls of bible storys Stained glass windows Elaborate crucifix amd statues of staint's ```

Describe a protostant church?

Plain table instead of an altar Simple robes No special decorations Plain windows

What was part of Elozebeths thoughts about the religious settelment?

She wanted churches to keep a Catholic feel She didn't want persecution

Why did Elizebeth often not punish little acts of deffience in the Religious settlement?

She hopped that Catholicism would fade away, this would not happen if there was blood shed and martyrs

In 1558 aproxamaty how many parishes were there?

About 10,000

How many people took the oath of supremacy?

8,000mpriests and less important clergy

How manu bishups agreed to take the path of supremacy?

Only 1

What happened to the bishups that didn't take the oath of supremacy?

They had to step down Elizebeth appointed 27 new (protostant) bishups

What was there a shortage of in England after the oath of supremacy? What did this mean for Elizebeth?

Qualified protostant clergy Therefore Elizebeth couldn't afford to anger her new bishups

What was the role or chirches in Elizebethan times?

``` It gave guidlines to communities It would controll what was preached It ran the church courts It enforced the religious settlement It legitimised power to the monarch ```

What did a priest need to preach?

A special lisence, as well as other high skilled jobs like teacher and layer

What would church courts focus do?

Settle a range of diputes Marriage, divorce (ensuring it was of free will... age...) Sexual offecses such as bigamy (being married 2 people at the same time) Slander (false insults) Wills and inheritance

Which court resolved civil cases?

The prdinary court system Rape, murder, sewing, fraud, robbery

How may a Catholic get around the religious settlement?

You could have a catholic mass at home (smuggled priests) Sometimes the hisband would go to the protostant church without his wife and children and say they were sick to avoid fines

What were visitations?

Inspections of churches to be sure they were oviding by the oath of supremacy, royal injuctions and the Act of Uniformity

How do you spell Re-ig-o-s Sett--l-me-nt?

Religious Settlement

When were the first visitations?

1559

What was the result of the first visitations?

400 clergy dismissed and some people (carring out the visitations) caused a lot of damage (infunstructure like churches)

How often did visitations happen?

After 1559 they happened every 3-4 years

Stats showing that people followed the Religious settlement?

8000 priests took the oath of supremacy She got to appoint 27 new protostant bishups Majority of normal people agreed with her

Stats showing that people did't followed the Religious settlement?

Only 1 bishup agreed to take the oath of supremacy: the rest were forced to step down There was a lack of qualified protostant clergy in England Places like Lancashire (north of England) were slow to change There was sometimes a lot fo destruction (especialy in London) from violent puritans who were trashing Catholic churches