religious challenges

Question 1

what were vestments

Answer 1

special clothing worn by clergy during worship

Question 2

who were puritans

Answer 2

radical protestants who wanted to purify the christian religion by getting rid of anything that was not in the bible

Question 3

how would the puritans make the world a more ‘godly’ place

Answer 3

by banning ‘sinful’ activities such as gambling and cock fighting

Question 4

why did elizabeth place a crucifix on top of all the churches

Answer 4

she was anxious not to upset her catholic subjects

Question 5

how did puritans react to the crucifixes

Answer 5

they opposed this and some puritan bishops threatened to resign, elizabeth backed down as she could not replace them with educated protestant clergy of similar ability

Question 6

elizabeths wanted the clergy to wear special vestments how did the puritans react

Answer 6

resisted this, arguing that the clergy should either wear no vestments or simple vestments.

Question 7

what did thomas parker require in 1556

Answer 7

that priests in his book of advertisements to attend an exhibition showing the vestments they must wear

Question 8

what did thomas parkers action result in

Answer 8

the resignation of 37 puritan priests who refused to attend church and to wear the new vestments as required

Question 9

what happened in 1534

Answer 9

act of supremacy:the king and not the pope is head of the church of england

Question 10

what happened in 1517

Answer 10

start of the reformation under martin luther

Question 11

what happened in 1553-58

Answer 11

catholicism is restored under mary tudor

Question 12

what happened in 1559

Answer 12

elizabeths religious settlement

Question 13

what happened in 1545-63

Answer 13

council of trent and counter reformation leads to determination to reverse gains made by protestantism in europe and england since reformation

Question 14

what was put in place to reverse the spread of protestantism

Answer 14

counter reformation in europe

Question 15

what fraction of the english nobility and a large part of the gentry are recusants

Answer 15

1/3

Question 16

when did religious war begin in france

Answer 16

1562

Question 17

who did elizabeth back in the french war and why

Answer 17

french protestants hoping to take back calais in return

Question 18

what did the counter reformation mean

Answer 18

the pope was prepared to end protestant rule in england

Question 19

when did the pope excommunicated elizabeth and what did this meant

Answer 19

1570, this could only encourage catholic powers such as france and spain to attack england

Question 20

what does excommunication mean

Answer 20

being formally excluded from the catholic church and unable to receive its sacraments

Question 21

who did the dutch rebel against in 1566

Answer 21

spanish occupation

Question 22

why was spain angry with england in 1568

Answer 22

cos england’s seizure of the genoese loan

Question 23

what was the genoese loan

Answer 23

the italian city of genoa lent gold to the spanish government

Question 24

when did elizabeth seize the gold of genoa

Answer 24

when the ships sheltered in english ports

Question 25

what did elizabeth say about the gold and who it belonged to

Answer 25

she said it belonged to italian bankers not spain

Question 26

what year was the spanish rule in netherlands secure

Answer 26

1570

Question 27

what did the privy council fear in 1570 and why

Answer 27

feared a spanish invasion as spanish troops were in the spanish netherlands close to england

Question 28

what did the presence of mary queen of scots as an alternative catholic monarch

Answer 28

encouraged the spanish government to plot against elizabeth