MTC 6.5 - How popular were Mary's Religious policies

Question 1

What did Parliament refuse to repeal in October 1553?

Answer 1

The Act of Supremacy

Question 2

What act did Parliament pass in October 1553?

Answer 2

An Act of Repeal

Question 3

What did the Act of Repeal undo and what did it restore England to?

Answer 3

• Undid the changes made under Edward
• Restored the religious situation to that of 1547 under the Six Articles

Question 4

What did Mary give up by the end of 1553?

Answer 4

Her title as supreme head of the Church

Question 5

What did Mary use her royal prerogative to suspend?

Answer 5

The Second Act of Uniformity

Question 6

What did Mary do to which there was no serious opposition?

Answer 6

Restored mass

Question 7

What happened which is an example that not all people were happy with Mary’s religious policies?

Answer 7

Wyatt’s Rebellion in January 1554

Question 8

What two things might suggest that Wyatt’s Rebellion was not due to Mary’s religious policies?

Answer 8

• Took place before serious religious changes
• Before the persecution of Protestants

Question 9

What started to happen in the early months of 1554?

Answer 9

Protestant began to leave England for Germany and Switzerland

Question 10

How many Protestants fled to Germany and Switzerland?

Answer 10

800

Question 11

What was introduced in Spring 1554?

Answer 11

Royal Injunctions

Question 12

What did the Royal Injunctions restore?

Answer 12

Traditional Catholic practices such as Holy Days, processions and ceremonies

Question 13

Who lost their jobs as a result of the Royal Injunctions?

Answer 13

Married clergy

Question 14

What did Parliament reject the re-introduction of in April 1554?

Answer 14

Heresy laws

Question 15

What did Parliament want promises over before agreeing to heresy laws?

Answer 15

Promises that former monastic lands would not be restored to the Church

Question 16

When was the Second Act of Repeal passed?

Answer 16

November 1554

Question 17

What was repealed in the Second Act of Repeal?

Answer 17

All religious legislation approved since 1529

Question 18

What did the Second Act of Repeal protect?

Answer 18

Property rights of those who had bought church land since 1536

Question 19

What did the protection of former monasteries from being returned to the Church prevent?

Answer 19

A full scale restoration of Catholicism

Question 20

When was the first Marian burning?

Answer 20

4th February 1555

Question 21

What allowed for the Marian burnings?

Answer 21

The reintroduction of heresy laws

Question 22

How many people went to the stake during Mary’s reign?

Answer 22

Nearly 300

Question 23

How many women were burnt?

Answer 23

51

Question 24

Where were most of the Marian burnings?

Answer 24

London, Canterbury and Colchester

Question 25

What book by what author gives historians lots of knowledge about the Marian burnings?

Answer 25

John Foxe's 'Acts and Monuments' (also known as 'Book of Martyrs')

Question 26

What have John Foxe's writings been used to suggest?

Answer 26

That there was considerable opposition to the regime and it ultimately turned England Protestant

Question 27

What two Bishops were burnt at Oxford in October 1555?

Answer 27

Bishops Ridley and Latimer

Question 28

When was Bishop Cranmer burnt?

Answer 28

March 1556

Question 29

What were Mary's reasons for having Cranmer burnt?

Answer 29

He ended her mother's marriage to Henry and supported Lady Jane Grey

Question 30

When did Bishop Gardiner die?

Answer 30

November 1555

Question 31

How many executions were there in the last 3 years of Mary's reign and after Gardiner had died?

Answer 31

274 executions - Gardiner was a restraining influence on Mary

Question 32

What did Mary believe it was her duty to do?

Answer 32

Remove heresy

Question 33

What was sold at the burnings?

Answer 33

Kent cherry-growers sold cherries

Question 34

What was very helpful for Mary in the burnings?

Answer 34

Local authorities reported people and enforced the law

Question 35

What are some of the reasons why most of the burnings took place in the South-East?

Answer 35

- London was a Protestant area - Authorities more concerned about the dangers and put increased pressure on the local authorities to act

Question 36

Who were JPs?

Answer 36

Unpaid officials (Justices of the Peace) - enforced the law

Question 37

What did historian Christopher Haigh say about the impact of the Marian burnings in his book 'English Reformations' 1993?

Answer 37

'the persecution of Protestants was not a success; nor was it a disaster. If it did not help the Catholic cause, it did not do much harm'

Question 38

How many burnings were there in 1556, 1557 and 1558 respectively?

Answer 38

1556 - 87 1557 - 89 1558 - 40