Weaknesses Of Puritan Threat (Elizabeth's reign)
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- Asses the main weaknesses of the Elizabethan Puritan Movement
- Puritan threat to Elizabeth was very minimal
- Loudest voices of Protestant opposition came from within Parliament yet in most cases Elizabeth was able to control them
- Asses the main weaknesses of the Elizabethan Puritan Movement
- Puritan threat to Elizabeth was very minimal
- However in 1563 Puritans successfully passed an Act proscribing the death penalty for those who refused to take the oath of Supremacy
- Asses the main weaknesses of the Elizabethan Puritan Movement
- Thewat of the religion itself
- Preaching at heart of religion
- However no. of preachers was very low
- Unopularity as talk a lot about sin and complained about what people did on Sabbeth e.g. drinking , gambling
- Preaching at heart of religion
- Thomas Nobrbon spoke out requesting that the Queen should marry to produce a Protestant Heir (next in line was a Catholic)
- Loudest voices of Protestant opposition came from within Parliament yet in most cases Elizabeth was able to control them
- However in 1563 Puritans successfully passed an Act proscribing the death penalty for those who refused to take the oath of Supremacy
- Loudest voices of Protestant opposition came from within Parliament yet in most cases Elizabeth was able to control them
- However Elizabeth took control of the situation to work in her favor and made sure no-one was asked to take the oath - showed she was well equipped and that no one not even Sir Francis Knolleys who was in favor of Puritans
- 1580s Puritantism became more extreme
- More groups and 'stranger churches' in London - such as the Plumbers Hall Group which were created in 1567 who rejected any idea of a National Church and wanted removal of hierachy
- Believed in extreme doctrines such as Calvin's double pre-destination
- However these groups rather than Challenging the ELizabthan Church Settlement these groups moved away from the MAIN puriitan body - reducing numbers and influence
- Extremism made Challenge less serious and was a weakness
- However these groups rather than Challenging the ELizabthan Church Settlement these groups moved away from the MAIN puriitan body - reducing numbers and influence
- Believed in extreme doctrines such as Calvin's double pre-destination
- More groups and 'stranger churches' in London - such as the Plumbers Hall Group which were created in 1567 who rejected any idea of a National Church and wanted removal of hierachy
- However these groups rather than Challenging the ELizabthan Church Settlement these groups moved away from the MAIN puriitan body - reducing numbers and influence
- Extremism made Challenge less serious and was a weakness
- Not high pay
- However no. of preachers was very low
- 90 % liof people lived in countryside very hard to reach
- Preaching at heart of religion
- Unopularity as talk a lot about sin and complained about what people did on Sabbeth e.g. drinking , gambling
- Preaching at heart of religion
- without support of people have little chance of de-railing Elizabethan Settlement
- Many People seemed happy to support Elizabethan Settlement - and was seen to be stable after many years of inconstistency
- much less than movements in force on the continent
- Puritan owns ideology caused the problems itself
- Elizabeth maintained a firm grip over politics
- Puritan owns ideology caused the problems itself
- Puritan propaganda was counter-productive
- Elizabeth maintained a firm grip over politics
- Hardly existed at all
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