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What were the 4 factors in finalising Elizabeth’s religious settlement?

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  • Her own religious aims
  • Foreign affairs
  • Protestants and Catholics
  • Finances
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What 2 acts made up the Religious Settlement?

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Act of Supremacy and Act of Uniformity

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What did Elizabeth use throughout her reign?

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An English bible

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What did the 1559 Act of Uniformity restore?

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The 1552 Second Book of Common Prayer

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What Catholic element liked by QE was kept?

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Music in Church services

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Why did QE walk out of Xmas mass in 1558?

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The officiating bishop raised the host against her wishes - transubstantiation

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What Protestant tradition hated by QE was kept?

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Clerical marriage

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What religious situation did the Settlement create?

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A via media

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What did England lose on the 7th January 1558?

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Calais

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How did QE believe England could regain Calais?

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By England not becoming too Protestant

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What was signed in April 1559?

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The Treaty of Cateau Cambresis

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What was agreed in the Treaty of Cateau Cambresis?

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That Calais would be returned to England after 8 years if they did nothing to forfeit it by then

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Who returned to England as soon as Mary died?

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Marian exiles

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How did bishops appointed by Mary halt QE’s settlement?

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They were able to defeat her first proposals in the Lords

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What did QE repeal, satisfying Protestants?

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Heresy laws

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What did QE dissolve, satisfying Protestants?

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Monasteries

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What book was reintroduced, satisfying Protesants?

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The 1552 2nd Book of Common Prayer

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How did the Act of Supremacy after QE’s title?

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She became Supreme Governor, not Supreme Head

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Why was the Act of Supremacy not passed first time?

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All 17 bishops in the Lords voted against it

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What 2 bishops did QE send to the tower after the Act of Supremacy was initially rejected?

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Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester

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What was the result of the 2nd vote on the Act of Supremacy?

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21-18 in favour

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What was omitted from the Prayer Book, satisfying Catholics?

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The Black Rubric

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Whose threat was reduced after QE created a via media?

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Mary Queen of Scots

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What was included in the Settlement which kept Catholic traditions?

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Royal Injunctions

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What taxes were to paid to QE according to the Settlement?
First Fruits and Tenths
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What see was left empty for 41 of 45 years?
Oxford
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Who was QE's first Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 to 1575?
Matthew Parker
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Who was QE's 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1775-83?
Edmund Grindal
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Who was QE's 3rd Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to 1604?
John Whitgift
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Who was Matthew Parker chaplain to?
Anne Boleyn - QE's mother
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Why was Matthew Parker untainted with Genevan ideas?
He was not a marian exile
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What did Matthew Parker oversee the passage of?
The 39 Articles
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What were the 39 Articles? When were the 39 Articles finalised?
Doctrines and practices of the Church of England 1571
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What did Matthew Parker resist the demands of?
To make the 39 Articles more Protestant
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What did Matthew Parker issue as a compromise in the Vestments Controversy?
Advertisements
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Who had Edmund Grindal been chaplain to?
Nicholas Ridley - Marian burning
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What had Edmund Grindal done during Mary's reign?
Fled England
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What book did Edmund Grindal work on?
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
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What did Edmund Grindal do in 1576?
Refused to ban prophesyings
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What was Edmund Grindal's punishment for refusing to ban prophesyings?
He was suspended and placed under house arrest for 6 months
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What did John Whitgift use to ensure conformity?
The Court of High Commission
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What did John Whitgift introduce, which 400 clergy refused to swear on?
3 Articles - 1583
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What did John Whitgift clamp down on?
The Martin Marprelates
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Why did John Whitgift remove Cartwright from his professorship?
Cartwright had given a series of lectures attacking the Elizabethan Church
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What did QE refer to John Whitgift as?
Her 'little black husband'
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CATHOLIC THREAT
CATHOLIC THREAT
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What are the 4 factors in a question on the Catholic threat?
- Mary Queen of Scots - Catholic plots - The Pope - Jesuits and Douai priests
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When did Mary Queen of Scots arrive in England?
May 1568 on the Cumbrian coast
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What 3 things meant MQoS threatened QE?
- Catholic - Had an heir - Had a legitimate claim to the throne
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Who promoted Mary's claim to rule?
France
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Whose death in December 1560 meant that MQoS was no longer Queen of France?
Francis II
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Why did Mary refuse to ratify the Treaty of Edinburgh?
It would have forced her to give up her claim to the English throne
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What rebellion happened in 1569 which attempted to put Mary on the throne?
The Northern Rebellion/Northern Rising
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Why was the Northern Rebellion not a big threat?
Mary was instantly moved south
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What years did Parliament pressure QE to execute Mary?
1568, 1572 and 1587
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What 1586 plot led to the execution of Mary?
Babington Plot
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When was Mary executed?
8th February 1587
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What Catholic plot was there in 1571 which attempted to put Mary on the throne?
Ridolfi Plot 1571
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Who did Florentine Banker Ridolfi work with to put Mary on the throne?
Spanish Ambassador Don Guerau de Spes
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What act was introduced after the Ridolfi Plot?
The Treason Act
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Who plotted in 1583 to kill QE and replace her with Mary?
Francis Throckmorton
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Who did Francis Throckmorton work with to kill QE?
Spanish Ambassador Don Bernardino de Mendoza
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What Dutch Protestant leader was assassinated by a Catholic in 1584?
William of Orange
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What did Parliament set up in 1584 which meant that anyone linked to plots against QE could be executed?
Bond of Association
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What was the aim of the Babington Plot?
To kill QE and make England Catholic with the help of Spanish troops from the Netherlands
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What did Pope Pius issue in 1570?
The Papal Bull
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What did the Papal Bull do?
It excommunicated QE and said Catholics did not have to recognise her as queen or obey her laws
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What 1571 act made it illegal to have a copy of the Papal Bull?
1571 Treason Act
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Who was executed in 1571 for having a copy of the Papal Bull?
John Felton
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What did Pope Gregory XIII state in 1580?
That anyone attempting to assassinate QE would gain merit
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Who set up a seminary in Douai to train English Catholics as priests?
William Allen
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When did Douai priests start to arrive in England?
1574
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Who was the 1st Douai priest executed for treason?
Cuthbert Mayne 1577
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How many Douai priests arrived in England in total?
279
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How many Douai priests were executed under the Treason Act?
27
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What were Jesuits?
A Spanish order of priests set up to fight Protestantism
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How many Jesuits arrived in England?
600
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How many Jesuits were executed?
133
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How many Jesuits were imprisoned?
300
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How many Jesuits died in prison?
100
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PROTESTANT THREAT
PROTESTANT THREAT
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What are the 4 factors in a 20 mark question about the threat of Puritanism?
- Puritans in Parliament - Puritans in the Church - Puritan pamphlets - Separatists
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What were puritans?
People who wanted changes to the Settlement
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When was the term puritan first used?
1565
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When did Walter Strickland propose minor religious reforms in Parliament?
April 1571
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What were some of the reforms proposed by Walter Strickland?
Banning weddings rings and other superstitious traditions
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What was Walter Strickland's punishment?
He was barred from Parliament - allowed back after popular protest
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Who proposed major religious reforms in Parliament in 1586?
Anthony Cope
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What were some of Anthony Cope's proposals?
Banning bishops and using the Genevan Prayer Book
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What happened after Cope's proposals?
Cope and 4 others were sent to the tower
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What were separatists?
Puritans unwilling to compromise or participate in the Elizabethan Church
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What 2 Cambridge graduates set up a separatist church in Norwich in 1580?
Robert Browne and Robert Harrison
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Where did Robert Brown and Robert Harrison go in 1582 after being imprisoned for setting up a separatist church in Norwich?
Holland
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What 2 people set up a separatist church in London?
Henry Barrow and John Greenwood
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What were Henry Barrow and John Greenwood executed for in 1593?
Sedition
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What Puritan Pamphlet was published by John Field and Thomas Wilcox in June 1572?
The Admonition to Parliament
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How long did John Field and Thomas Wilcox spend in Newgate prison for writing the Admonition to Parliament?
1 year
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What did John Field and Thomas Wilcox propose in the Admonition to Parliament?
The Genevan Hierarchy replacing the current hierarchy in the Church
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When were the Martin Marprelates?
1580s
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Why did the Martin Marprelates turn many people against Puritanism?
They used extreme language such as calling bishops dumb dogs
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Why was Thomas Sampson deprived of his position as the Dean of Christ Church Oxford in May 1565?
He refused to wear the surplice
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How many London preachers were sacked in the Vestments Controversy?
37
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By how many votes was the 1563 convocation defeated by, which would have made the Church more puritan?
1 vote
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What two marian exiles were made the Bishops of Salisbury and London respectively?
John Jewel Bishop of Salisbury Edmund Grindal Bishop of London

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