13. Was England A Protestant Country By 1553?

Question 1

What religion was England officially at the end of the reign?

Answer 1

Protestant

Question 2

How was England Protestant by the end of the reign?

Answer 2

Churches had been changed, altars had been replaced with communion tables, and the new service was being used

Question 3

What happened during a visitation?

Answer 3

Bishop Hopper discovered that out of 311 clergy, ten couldn’t recite the Lord’s Prayer, and 171 didn’t know the ten commandements

Question 4

Where was bishop hoopers visitation?

Answer 4

Gloucestershire

Question 5

What radical senior clergy men became increasingly influential in Northumberland’s reign?

Answer 5

Nicholas Ridley (bishop of London) and John hooper (bishop of Gloucester)

Question 6

Who was more radical: Ridley or hooper?

Answer 6

John hooper (bishop of Gloucester)

Question 7

What did eminent continental reformers do?

Answer 7

They had moved to England and were becoming influential in religion

Question 8

Who were some examples of eminent continental reformers?

Answer 8

Martin Bucer and Peter Martyr

Question 9

How did Edward VI influence policy making?

Answer 9

He had a greater impact as the reign progressed, making it his mission to destroy idolatry

Question 10

What other policies did the crown pursue?

Answer 10

A policy of asset stripping

Question 11

What was asset stripping?

Answer 11

Taking wealth from the church by taking its property

Question 12

How quick was the rate of change?

Answer 12

Slow

Question 13

Why was the rate of change slow?

Answer 13

Somerset had been cautious to change religious policies

Question 14

What were the only changes that put England in a firmly Protestant position?

Answer 14

The second book of common prayer and the forty two articles

Question 15

Why was the impact of Protestant changes cut short?

Answer 15

Because of Edward’s death

Question 16

What is the best evidence for opposition to religious change?

Answer 16

The western rebellion

Question 17

What was the western rebellion triggered by ?

Answer 17

The 1549 prayer book

Question 18

What limited the impact of the western rebellion?

Answer 18

It took place in the strongly catholic south west, so may have not been typical of religious views across the country

Question 19

What suggests people are willing to conform to religion?

Answer 19

The absence of persecution

Question 20

What evidence was there about destruction of Catholic habits?

Answer 20

From the church wardens accounts

Question 21

What did the church wardens accounts suggest?

Answer 21

The governments orders regarding the destruction of Catholic habits had been gradually put into effect

Question 22

When was Catholicism restored?

Answer 22

1553

Question 23

What did the restoration of Catholicism suggest?

Answer 23

Catholic sympathies continued

Question 24

What happened in 1550?

Answer 24

Hooper admitted that the pace of reform was hampered by uncooperative public opinion

Question 25

How can historians draw conclusions about people’s religious views?

Answer 25

Wills

Question 26

How much percent of wills in Kent were obviously Protestant in 1549?

Answer 26

8%

Question 27

How much percent of wills in Suffolk were obviously Protestant?

Answer 27

27%

Question 28

How many wills in the Southwest were obviously Protestant in 1549?

Answer 28

1