Northumberland's Religious Policy Flashcards
How had the Catholics lost their influence on the PC?
Gardiner in the Tower, Bonner in the Tower (replaced with Ridley as Protestant bishop of London)
More Prot bishops change balance of HoL
Religious changes of November 1550?
Removal of stone alters
Religious changes of 1551?
New Ordination service brought controversy as it kept vestments in the ordination service
Consequence of the new Ordination service?
Hooper invited to be Bishop of Gloucester, but refused to wear the vestments –> imprisoned at the end of 1551
Religious changes of January 1552?
new Treason Act - made it an offence to question the Royal Supremacy or the Articles of Faith of the Church of England
Book of Common Prayer
Details of the 2nd Book of Common Prayer?
Highly Protestant - ‘Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee’ (no longer acknowledges transubstantiation
Vestments simplified (but not removed)
Still had to kneel when receiving bread and wine!
Religious changes of April 1552?
Second Act of Uniformity - offence for clergy or laity not to go to church
Religious changes of November 1552?
Black Rubric Proclamation - people needed to kneel during services for the sake of good order (radical Prots NOT happy)
42 Articles
How did Northumberland plan to create revenue from the Church?
Survey of church wealth in 1552 indicated that church land was over £1million, so NL planned to transfer some of this wealth to the crown
Details of the 42 Articles?
Highly Protestant, influenced by Calvinist and Lutheran ideas
However, never actually became law due to death of Edward
Religious changes of 1553?
Short catechism produced to make the learning of England’s new religious beliefs easier
Example of social impact of religious change?
People less likely to leave money to parish churches (70% of Northern wills gave money to the church in 1540-46, but this went down to 32% in Edward’s reign)
Plays and festivals stopped
‘England WAS Protestant by the end of Edward’s reign’
Removal of Catholicism (chantries closed, images removed and alters replaced etc…)
Ceremonies changed (2nd BCP removed sign of the cross in confirmation)
Doctrine changed (2nd BCP did not acknowledge transub)
‘England was NOT Protestant by the end of Edward’s reign’
Brevity of the reign!!! - NL could change the ceremonies and doctrine, but the reign was too short to change people’s beliefs (however, the fact that Mary had difficulty bringing back Catholicism shows success in Edward’s reign)
