Opposition To Elizabeths Religious Settlement Flashcards
(10 cards)
What was the catholics reaction to Elizabeth’s religious settlement?
Prefer Mary Queen of Scot’s (catholic and legitimate)
Why would the catholics be unhappy with the religious settlement?
•They wanted the pope to be in charge (but Elizabeth)
•Vestments
What part of England were mostly catholics?
Northern England
Who resented the loss of influence under Elizabeth?
Catholic nobility
What is the fraction of nobility and many gentry that were recusants?
One third
What’s a recusant?
People who practiced the catholic religion in secret
Who did catholics dislike the growing influence of?
Elizabeth’s help such as Sir William Cecil- seen as a Protestant upstart
Who from the north would be slow to adopt the new services of the religious settlement?
Parishes
Who did Elizabeth not want to punish?
Recusants
Many Marian bishops (appointed by Mary 1) felt what about the settlement?
That it had to be removed
