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The Religious Settlement and Religious Challanges Flashcards

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What religion was Elizabeth?

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Protestant (in a largely Catholic country)

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Why was religion important in Elizabethan England?

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  • It was central to life in England, religious teachings and beliefs guided people’s behaviours and moral
  • People believed going to church and attending pilgrimages decreased time in purgatory
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Where were protestants tend to normally be found in Europe?

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In Northern Europe, especially in the Netherlands, Scandinavia and Germany

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What was one effect of the Reformation in 1517?

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It divided the Catholic Church into two, Protestant and Catholics

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Which part of England remained Catholic after religious divisions in the early 1500’s?

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Northern England, especially Durham, Yorkshire and Lancashire

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Since the 1530’s, why was there a huge population growth of protestants in areas like London?

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There was heavy persecution of Protestants in Europe, resulting in them fleeing to England

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Who were the Puritans?

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Radical Protestants who wanted to purify the Christian religion by getting rid of anything not in the Bible

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What are beliefs of Catholics?

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  • Pope is the head of the Church
  • The Church is intermediary (in between)to God and people, so they can forgive sins
  • Transubstantiation
  • 7 Sacrements
  • Priests are celibate
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What are the beliefs of Protestants and Puritans?

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  • No Pope
  • Personal connection to God, only God can forgive sins
  • Bread and wine symbolise Christ (there is no miracle)
  • 2 Sacrements (Baptism and Holy Communion)
  • Priest can marry
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What were the practices of Catholics?

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  • Services in Latin
  • Priests were vestments
  • Churches highly decorated
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What were the practices of Protestants?

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  • Services in English
  • Priests wear simple vestements
  • Churches plain and simple
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What were practices of Puritans?

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  • Services in English
  • Priests wear simple vestements
  • Churches whitewashed with no decorations
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Where was the support for Catholics?

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Majority in the North and West England

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Where was the support for Protestants?

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Mostly South-East England (London,Kent and East Anglia)

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Where was the support for Purtians?

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Mainly in London and East-Anglia

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When was Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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1559

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What was the main aim of Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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To establish a form of religion which created a ‘middle-way’ that both Catholics and Protestants accepted

18
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What were the key fearures of Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement?

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  • Act of Uniformity
  • Act of Supremacy
  • An Ecclesiastical High Commision
  • The Book of Common Prayer (1559)
  • The Royal Injuctions
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What was the Act of Uniformity?

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An act which dictated the appearance of churches and how religious services were to be held, it required everyone to attend church.

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What was the Act of Supremacy?

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An act which allowed Elizabeth to become Supreme Governor (Head) of the Church of England.

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Why was the Ecclesiastical High Commision established?

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To keep discipline within the Church and enforce Elizabeth’s religious settlement

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What was the Common Book of Prayer?

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A set of church service to be used in all churches

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What was the Royal Injunctions?

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A set of instructions to the clergy which reinforced the Acts of Supremacy and Acts of Unifomity, it also inlcuded instructions on how to worship God

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What were the impacts of the Religious Settlement?

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  • 8000 clergy out of about 10 000 accepted the religious settlement
  • Many Marian Bishops (Catholic Bishops appointed by Mary Tudor) opposed the settlement and had to be replaced
  • The majority of ordinary people accepted Elizabeth’s religious settlement and attended the church services, even though many of them held on to Catholic beliefs
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What was the role of the Church of England in society?

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  • Preached the governments message
  • Provided guidance for communities
  • Responsible for Church Courts
  • Visitations
  • Legitimised Elizabeth’s rule
  • Enforced Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement of 1559
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What was the role of the parish clergy in village life?

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  • they were the main figures in villages
  • they offered spiritual and practical advice
  • they were funded by taxes or tithes (a tax worth 10% of people’s income)
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What were the needs of the Puritans?

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  • they wanted to develop their own Church, which wasn’t controlled by the Queen
  • they wanted to to make the world more ‘godly’ by banning ‘sinful’ activites
  • they wanted a simpler style of worship
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What was the nature of the Puritan Challanges?

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  • Elizabeth didn’t want to upset her Catholic subjects so she demanded a crucifix in every church, this angered Puritans
  • Elizabeth wanted the clergy to wear special vestements as said in the Royal Injuctions, Puritans heavily resisted this
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What gave the impression that Puritan support was limited?

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The goverement ignored their demands

30
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What was the Counter Reformation?

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The Catholic Church’s attempt to reverse Protestantism and stop it’s spread, this led to Protestant hostility

31
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What happened to Protestants in Europe?

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They were charged with heresey

32
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How did Catholic hostility towards Protestants cause the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

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  • the Pope instructed Catholics not to attend Church of England services
  • One third of the English Nobility are rescuants
33
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Why were Europe’s most powerful rulers a real threat to Elizabeth?

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They were Catholic and encouraged by the Pope to replace her with a Catholic Monarch

34
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What had encouraged the Catholic powers such as France and Spain to attack England in 1570?

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The Pope excommunicated Elzabeth, this meant she was excluded from the Catholic Church

35
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Who were the Sea Beggars?

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Dutch rebels against Spanish occupation
- Elizabeth condemmed them but many made their way to England

36
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Why happend at the Genoese loan in 1568?

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The Italian city Genoa lent gold to the Spanish government. The ships carrying the gold sheltered at English ports so Elziabeth seized them and argued it belonged to the Italians.

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Geographically,after 1570, why did the Privy Council fear a Spanish invasion?

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Spain secured their rule in the Netherlands so Spanish troops were sent, Netherlands is close to England

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