Elizabeth Religion

Question 1

What was Elizabeth’s religious settlement (list 5 changes) and why did Elizabeth introduce it?

Answer 1

Bible was in English
Follow Protestant prayer
Decoration was allowed in churches
Recusancy fines
Elizabeth is supreme governor

To stop Catholics and Protestants fighting

Question 2

Name 2 things that Protestants were happy with about the religious settlement and what they disagreed with?

Answer 2

Agree
Bible was in English
Followed Protestant prayer
Disagree
Decoration was allowed in church
Elizabeth swapped to supreme governor

Question 3

Name 2 things that catholics were happy about with the religious settlement and 2 that they disagreed with

Answer 3

Agree
Decoration in churches
Elizabeth moved to supreme governor (chance for the pope)
Disagreed
Couldn’t pray in Catholic Churches
Bible was in english

Question 4

What happened during the northern rebellion,1569?

Answer 4

Elizabeth didn’t let Mary marry Duke of Norfolk soo he started a rebellion. It failed as Essex raised an army to stop rebels

Question 5

What was the papal bull 1570?

Answer 5

Pope Ex-communicated queen Elizabeth which meant she was an enemy to ALL catholics

Question 6

Which riot occurred in 1571? What was the plan?

Answer 6

The Ridolfi plot. The plan was to get the Netherlands to invade at the same time as Norfolk and kill the queen. She had strong spies and cracked the code

Question 7

What were recusancy fines? when were they the first introduced and when did they increase to £20

Answer 7

fines catholic would pay if they didn’t agree/ go to church. they increased in 1581

Question 8

What happened to Edmund campion and why?

Answer 8

He came into England and spread the word for people to join Catholic Churches

Question 9

Who were the jesuits and why did Elizabeth see them as a threat?

Answer 9

Catholics who wanted to spread the word were seen as a threat as they were trying to convert everyone to catholic

Question 10

What anti catholic law was was passed in 1585 and what did it do?

Answer 10

Counter reformation acts any catholic priest who had been ordained after 1559 would be a traitor

Question 11

What anti catholic law was passed in 1593 and what did it do

Answer 11

Statute of confinement catholics couldn’t travel more than 5 miles from their house

Question 12

Why was Mary Queen of Scots a threat to Elizabeth

Answer 12

She had a right to the throne and she wanted to turn England catholic

Question 13

What and when was the babington plot ? Why was it important for Mary queen of Scots?

Answer 13

1586 it was the plan to kill queen Elizabeth and Mary take the throne and turn England catholic. It lead to Mary’s execution.

Question 14

Why were puritans called puritans?

Answer 14

Didn’t think church was Protestant enough and wanted to purify it or any remaining catholics

Question 15

List 3 things that puritans believed in?

Answer 15

Purifying church
England to be fully Protestant
No remaining catholic influence

Question 16

Why were puritans seen as a threat to Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

Answer 16

Organised campaigns to make her make changes

Question 17

Why was Elizabeth so worried about puritans -give 3 reasons

Answer 17

They were attacking Elizabeth’s authority they were a minority but needed their support if she gave them what they wanted catholics would rebel

Question 18

Name 2 Puritans on Elizabeth’s privy council

Answer 18

Robert Dudley - very close advisor
Francis walsingham - senior minister (spy master )

Question 19

What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury who was sympathetic of puritans?

Answer 19

Edmund Grindal

Question 20

Who was John field? What was he banned from doing in 1580?

Answer 20

Very strict puritan, was banned from preaching

Question 21

Name 3 measures that archbishop john Whitgift introduced in the 1580s to “crackdown”on the influence of the puritans?

Answer 21

Enforced attendance at church by increasing recusancy fines
Imprisoned puritans
Banned unlicensed preaching