Liz religion

Question 1

Act of Supremacy

Answer 1

1559 ‘Supreme Governor of the Church’
All clergymen, magistrates and royal officials had to swear an oath of allegiance, penalty of refusing was only loss of office
Less controversial title satisfied people who still saw Pope as head of the church and people who thought it was wrong for a woman to have top position

Question 2

Court of High Commission

Answer 2

established to persecute those whose loyalty was suspected

Question 3

Act of Uniformity 1559

Answer 3

only practices that existed in 1549 when first prayer book issued, should still be followed. Look of Catholicism but ideas of Protestantism
Worked very well
Attendance at church compulsory, fines small and usually not imposed
Attendance at Catholic mass serious offence
Anyone saying mass could face death penalty

Question 4

Royal injunctions

Answer 4

1559
57 instructions
eg. preachers had to be liscenced by a bishop, preachers had to preach atleast one service a month or lost their licence, pilgrimages outlawed, no more altars destroyed

Question 5

Book of Common Prayer

Answer 5

1559 single agreed set of doctrines
fusion of two books in Ed’s reign
worked brilliantly as a compromise
struck balance of meaning of bread and wine

Question 6

Thirty nine articles

Answer 6

published 1563, made law 1571
aimed to give a definitive statement on what ‘anglicanism’ meant
welded parts from P and C traditions into a whole that was acceptable to as many people as possible

Question 7

Act of Exchange

Answer 7

1559
Liz allowed to take over property belonging to bishops and to force them only to rent land off her. used as a threat to keep bishops in line.
Unpopular

Question 8

later consequences of refusing oath

Answer 8

Parl 1563 passed stricter law against office-holders who refused oath, second refusal carrying death penalty. Though, instructions from Liz to Archbishop Parker meant no one was asked a second time

Question 9

Treason Act

Answer 9

1571 denial of Liz supremacy was punishable by death

Question 10

Edmund Campion

Answer 10

One of first two Jesuit priests that arrived in England 1580 who began building a network of safe houses.
executed 1581

Question 11

Act against Catholics being in the country

Answer 11

1585 said Catholic priests were to leave the country within 40 days
Continued presence in England deemed high treason

Question 12

Catholics by 1603

Answer 12

estimated 10% population had Catholic sympathies
2% active recusants

Question 13

Archbishop of Canterbury 1583

Answer 13

John Whitgift- determined to destroy Presbyterianism
Issued 3 Articles which clergy had to subscribe to
1) Acknowledgement of Royal Supreme
2) Acceptance of prayer book containing nothing ‘contrary to the Word of God’
3) Acceptance that 39 Articles conformed to the word of God
Forced to back down under pressure from councillors like Leicester and Walsingham
Reduced second article to simple acceptance of the prayer book

Question 14

Response to three articles

Answer 14

second article created a crisis of conscience for many clergy, not just presbyterians, who thought that some parts of the prayer book lacked scriptural justification

Question 15

Presbyterianism

Answer 15

believed CofE should be further reformed in its structure and form of worship
criticisms voiced in 2 pamphlets (2 Admonitions)
first attacked Book of Common Prayer, second provided detailed description of presbyterian system of church govt
in decline by late 1580s
Very few puritan clergy prepared to break with the church by refusing to accept 3 articles

Question 16

Act against Seditious Secretaries

Answer 16

1593
destroyed separatism
Henry Barrow, John Greenwood and John Penry were executed for ‘devising and circulating seditious books’

Question 17

Separatists

Answer 17

opposed Queens position as head of the church, very small in numbers but actions were enough to alarm authorities.
Emerged 1580s
Henry Barrow and John Greenwood led Seperatist movements in London, numbers very small

Question 18

Religion in Parliament

Answer 18

1576 Liz gave explicit instructions that Parl couldn’t debate religious matters without her permission

Question 19

Catholic sympathy

Answer 19

not high because Catholicism in England was discredited by its association with rebellion against the legitimate monarch and by its undertones of foreign control

Question 20

influence of Anglican church

Answer 20

by 1603 had influenced 2 generations

Question 21

excommunicated

Answer 21

1570
Catholics obeying her would also incur excommunication

Question 22

clergy not accepting settlement

Answer 22

400 clergy lost or resigned their living because they wouldn’t accept
around 6,000 clergy in total

Question 23

Mary’s Catholicism

Answer 23

had received a warm reception

Question 24

Survey

Answer 24

1564 only half JPs could be relied on actively to support settlement

Question 25

How was Act of Uniformity passed?

Answer 25

through Lords with a very narrow majority 2 bishops in prison, 2 missed vote

Question 26

bishops and oath

Answer 26

all but one refused

Question 27

what was worship actually like?

Answer 27

many clergy in 1560s led worship that contained traces of Catholicism like using Latin rather than English

Question 28

Pope

Answer 28

1567 told English Catholics not to attend Anglican church services

Question 29

Protestant MPs demands

Answer 29

wanted to increase penalities for recency or attendance at mass but was consistently blocked by Queen

Question 30

overseas priests

Answer 30

by 1590s over 100 1580 Jesuits began arriving first 2 Edmund Campion and Robert Parsons began building a network of safe houses

Question 31

Vestiarian Controversey

Answer 31

several figures within Church decided they wouldn’t obey rules on clerical dress. Archbishop Parker and 4 bishops issued ‘advertisements’ in March 1566 saying clergy required to follow ‘one uniformity of rites and manners’ ‘one decent behaviour in their outward apparel’ 37 London clergymen refused to signify support- deprived of posts

Question 32

prophesyings

Answer 32

1576 Liz ordered Archbishop of Canterbury to suppress prophesyings, he concluded meetings weren’t dangerous so refused to accept her instructions and lectured her about the importance of this sort of work in spreading the word of god.