Philip religion Flashcards
Jesuits (control of the church)
‘society of Jesus’
vow of obedience caused friction with pope and therefore the church
-national rivalries within the order appeared as individuals seemed to gain political support from their own countries
- Philip failed to nationalise the jesuits and bring them under the control of there inquisition
- however they posed little threat and jesuit colleges helped revive spanish catholicism
who was the inquisition supervised by
Hernando de Valdes
inquisition role
- severe regime in early years due to Philip wanting to expel heresy from the kingdom
-focus stemmed from the development of calvinism especially from the proximity of the French calvinists - ban on imperial books without checks
- 1557, group of 130 including members of religious orders was discovered in seville
-Another group including former chaplain to Charles was found in Valladolid and were clearly protestant
Paul IV 1556-59
allied with France against Philip and had excommunicated Philip. Papacy alarmed with growing Spanish influence in Italy.
Pius IV 1559-65
Philip blocked efforts to try and excommunicate Elizabeth . Also tried to prevent the bull of excommunication, hoping g for an anti French alliance
Pius V 1567-72
issued edit against bull fighting in 1967 but Philip and his archbishops ignored this
Gregory XIII 1572-85
encouraged Philip in his plans to de throne Elizabeth causing all English protestants to regard catholics as traitors
Sixtus V 85-90
in 1588, complained at Philips slowness in dealing wit England but agreed to help fund the armada is invasion was successful
Urban VII
didn’t get open well with Philip came from French background
Gregory XIV 1590-91
Heavily supported the French league in removing Henry from the French throne because Henry to not keep is promising of sticking to catholisicm, Philip was supportive of this
Innocent IX 1591
supported the cause of Philip and the league against henry of France
clement VIII 1592 onwards
found Philip constant irritant
Saw Henry as the rightful of king of France instead of Philips daughter
control of church
Philip played active role in the supervision, devoting energy into appointment of bishops
Philip was the church’s chief administrator
no papal bull published without royal approval
1559 royal edict recalled all Spanish students studying abroad at uni unless only under special authoritrisation
Philip took 50% for church revenues
cruzada and subsido tax remained lucrative
Counter reformation
- Council of Trent set up 1545 and concluded in 1563
represented the churches response to protestant teachings and attempts to reform the corruption and abuse within the church
condemned protestant teachings
papal interests and spanish interests clashed
Tridentine decrees accepted almost immediately thought Spain
Philip hesitant the decrees may reduce the power of the crown - highlights the weakness as it relied on the cooperation of secular rulers
Gaspar de Quiroga key figure within the church as his dioceses funded the reforms
Censorship (inquisition)
main form of censorship was spnaihs index of forbidden books published in 1559
1559 decree on Spanish uni students abroad but ban wasn’t a total one as there were still some students in areas of Europe
Elliot describes the censorship as having a negative effect on spanish intellect and Spain sealed itself off
