English Catholicism 1558-1570
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- English Catholicism 1558-1570
- Official attitudes
- needed to conform outwardly
- as long as they did, "no windows into men's souls"
- wanted Protestant country but no interest in persecution of Catholics
- needed to conform outwardly
- Strengths of Catholicism
- Ease at which it was offically restored in 1553
- Bulk of clergy still conservative
- 23% of senior clergy of Province of York endorsed royal supremacy
- Bishop of Chester described clergymen in Lancashire as "obstinate" or "of unsound religion"
- Ways Catholicism undermined
- Sedgefield in County Durham
- Dispute between parishoners + rector Robert Swift
- Swift ally of radical Bishop Pilkington
- many of Sedgefield parishioners involved in Northern Rebellion
- Swift ally of radical Bishop Pilkington
- Dispute between parishoners + rector Robert Swift
- Abolition of mystery plays
- in Middle Ages, expression of popular culture
- produced in guilds in towns e.g. York and Chester
- too associated with feast of Corpus Christi
- encouraged by Catholics to reinforce doctrine of transubstantiation
- Sedgefield in County Durham
- Official attitudes
- Evidence from preambles and bequests suggests it remained strong
- esp. Lancashire and Herefordshire
- Strengths of Catholicism
- Ease at which it was offically restored in 1553
- Bulk of clergy still conservative
- 23% of senior clergy of Province of York endorsed royal supremacy
- Bishop of Chester described clergymen in Lancashire as "obstinate" or "of unsound religion"
- e.g. Bishop of Lichfield complained parishioners hiding images not destroying them
- Some members of Privy Council had conservative instincts on religion
- esp. those from traditional aristocracy like Marquis of Winchester
- Lot of time spent removing Catholic images from parish churches
- + searching for images hidden for church visitations
- e.g. Archbishop of Lincoln, John Alymer
- Ways Catholicism undermined
- Sedgefield in County Durham
- Dispute between parishoners + rector Robert Swift
- Swift ally of radical Bishop Pilkington
- many of Sedgefield parishioners involved in Northern Rebellion
- Swift ally of radical Bishop Pilkington
- Dispute between parishoners + rector Robert Swift
- Abolition of mystery plays
- in Middle Ages, expression of popular culture
- produced in guilds in towns e.g. York and Chester
- too associated with feast of Corpus Christi
- encouraged by Catholics to reinforce doctrine of transubstantiation
- Sedgefield in County Durham
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