Topic 7 - Puritans Flashcards
Who were the puritans?
Puritans were people that followed a type of religion encouraging a purer, simpler form of worship.
Name 2 influential Puritans. What were puritans sometimes called?
John Calvin, Robert Browne.
They were sometimes called Calvinists
Name 3 Puritan beliefs
Believed the church should be run by committees of elected men
Believed services should be simpler affairs, without ornaments, colourful windows or vestments.
Opposed all forms of entertainment, gambling, drunkenness etc
Name the 3 different types of puritans + explain their beliefs.
Moderate Puritans: Accepted religious settlement, but wanted more reform of the church.
Presbyterians: Didn’t accept religious settlement. Wanted more reform. Came from Scotland.
Separatists: Radical group. Led by Robert Browne. Wanted to establish an independent church. Held meetings underground. When Browne got exiled, Elias Thacker continued movement.
- Where did puritans flee to?
- What was John Calvin called?
Switzerland
John = ‘wolf of Geneva’
Explain the vestments controversy + it’s year.
Puritans rejected the order issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury for all priests to wear vestments.
37 priests were dismissed in London.
Elizabeth insisted that all priests were the vestments.
Took place in the year 1566.
Explain the proposals by Thomas Cartwright + it’s year.
John Stubbs wrote a pamphlet criticising Elizabeth for engaging in marriage talks with the Duke of Anjou - a french catholic nobleman.
John Stubbs was arrested and had his hand cut off as a result of seditious writing
Explain John Stubbs Pamphlet + it’s year
John Stubbs wrote a pamphlet criticising Elizabeth for engaging in marriage talks with the Duke of Anjou - a french catholic nobleman.
John Stubbs was arrested and had his hand cut off as a result of seditious writing
Explain the marprelate tracts + their year
1579.
There was a series of anonymous pamphlets released, severely criticising the church and the bishops.
They contained violent language, resulting in a loss of empathy and support for the puritans.
Did Puritan bills introduced in parliament have any impact?
No, Elizabeth denied them all
Give the examples of people + the years that tried to introduce reforms to parliament
Walter Strickland 1571
Peter wentworth 1576
Anthony Cope 1586
What was the name of the first Archbishop?
What happened to him and why?
Who was he replaced by?
- Archbishop Grindal
- Elizabeth ordered him to ban prophesyings, but he didn’t see them as dangerous. Eliz sacked him + placed him under house arrest.
- Archbishop Whitgif.
Who was Grindal replaced with? What did he do?
Grindal was replaced with Archbishop Whitgift.
He was harsher on puritans.
He ordered the whole church to accept bishops, the book of common prayer and the 39 articles.
Who were the separatists led by + when he was exiled who continued the movement? What did they want to achieve?
Separatists were led by Robert Browne.
Radical puritans went underground and aimed to establish an independent church.
When Robert Browne was exiled, Elias Thacker continued the movement.
What act and when was passed against separatism?
What did it allow Elizabeth to do?
Elizabeth passed the ‘Act against seditious Secretaries’ in 1593.
This allowed the government to imprison and execute anyone associated with Puritan beliefs.
