Somerset's Religious Policy Flashcards

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What religion was Edward?

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Protestant - intellectually gifted and very interested in theology

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Religious changes of May 1547

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Somerset introduced visitations to report on the state of the clergy

Issued a proclamation against rumours that the government was bringing in religious changes

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Religious changes of July 1547

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Homilies and Erasmus’ Paraphrases to be in every Church (Gardiner/Bonner protested - arrested)

Moderate injunctions issued

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Examples of provisions set out in the 1547 Injunctions

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Sermons in English every Sunday

Reciting rosary condemned

English Bible in every Church

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Religious changes of November 1547

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Chantries Act (continuation of dissolution of monasteries)

Six Articles repealed

Act of Treason repealed - religion could now be discussed freely, causes mayhem

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Details of the 1547 Chantries Act

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Closed the last of the monasteries

Closed 2,400 chantries (including 110 hospitals and 90 religious colleges)

Raised £160,000 (much less than Henry’s dissolution)

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7
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What phrase is used to describe Somerset’s undoing of Henry VIII’s religious changes?

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Negative reformation

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Religious changes in 1548

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Jan - Procs reasserted transubstantiation

Feb - all images removed in churches

Apr - only authorised clergy allowed to preach (to stop radical preachers who had emerged after treason laws repealed)

Sept - Proc banning ALL preaching until there is a new BCP

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Religious changes in 1549

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Book of Common Prayer

Jan - Act of Uniformity

Nov - Parliament met and removed all laws against clerical marriage (confirmed AofU)

Dec - Proc confirmed in Parliament which ordered destruction of all remaining images

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Details of the Act of Uniformity

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Services in English

5 sacraments (middle ground between Catholic 7 and Lutheran 2)

Communion in two kinds

Clerical marriage allowed

Holy days remain

Vestments remain

RC rituals (e.g. masses for the dead, worship of saints) discouraged but not banned

No statement on Purgatory

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General assessment on Act of Uniformity?

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Moderate - contained elements to appease Protestants (e.g. services in English) and Catholics (e.g. vestments remaining)

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Details of 1st Book of Common Prayer

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Very moderate, written by Cranmer - mixture of RC and Lutheran ideas

New communion service closely followed the old Latin mass

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Religious changes of 1550

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Jan - New Ordinal (book containing service for ordination of new clergy)

Also a compromise - radical Prots (e.g. Hooper) argued about the fact that priests still had to wear a white surplice and swear an oath to saints

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How were Somerset’s religious changes enforced?

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If clergy refused to follow 1549 acts, then they faced fines and imprisonment (no penalty on laity)

Bishops were encouraged to carry out visitations to ensure 1549 legislation was being enforced

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