RELIGION

Question 1

• WHY DID PEOPLE THINK THAT CHARLES FAVOURED ARMINIANISM AND WHY WAS THIS A PROBLEM?

Answer 1

-CGHARLES BELIEVED THAT HIS ISSUES WITH PARLIAMENT IN. THE YERS 1625-29 WERE AN ATTEMPT BY PURITANS TO ATTACK THE CROWN
- HE SUPPORTED THE ARMINIAN CLERIC RICHARD MONTAGU
-IN RESPONSE TO PARLIAMENTS ATTACKS ON MONTAGU HE MADE HIM ROYAL CHAPLAIN
-OUTSIDERS BELIEVED THAT CATHOLICS OR ARMINIANS WERE CONTROLLING OR SUBVERTING THE KING
-CHARLES MARRIAGE TO THE CATHOLIC HENRIETTA MARIA INCREASED TENSIONS AND PEOPLE BELIEVED SHE WAS INFLUENCING CHARLES TOWARDS CATHOLICISM AND ABSOLUTISM

Question 2

-WHAT WAS THE YORK HOUSE CONFERENCE IN 1626 AND WHY WAS IT SIGNIFICANT?

Answer 2

-CHARLES’ FAVOURITE BUCKINGHAM HAD A THEOLOGICAL DEBATE AT HIS LONDON HOME
- THE EARL OF WARWICK INTENDED THE CONFERENCE TO CONVINCE CHARLES TO M,OVE AWAY FROM THE ANTI-CALVINISM OF ARMINIANS LIKE MONTAGU
-BUCKINGHAM SUPPORTED THE LEADING ANTI-CALVINIST WILLIAM LAUD TO REINFORCE HIS POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH CHARLES
- THE CONFERENCE MADE IT CLEAR THAT CHARLES WOULD NOT BE DISSUADED FROM SUPPORTING THE ANT0-CALVINIST ARMINIANS