History Elizabeth religious problems
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- Religious problems
- Puritans
- Who are they?
- Radical Protestants who wanted to ‘purify’ the Christian religion
- Extreme protestants
- Crucifixes
- Elizabeth I (liz) didn’t want to upset the catholics so she had crucifixes placed in each church
- Puritans didn’t like them
- Some puritan bishops threatened to leave because of them
- Vestments
- Liz wanted the clergy to wear them since it was described in the ‘royal injunctions’
- Puritans resisted
- In 1556, Thomas Parker (the Archbishop of Canterbury) wanted all priests to come to a meeting to show the new vestments they had to wear
- Led to 37 puritans priests being sacked
- Liz wanted the clergy to wear them since it was described in the ‘royal injunctions’
- Who are they?
- Catholics at home
- Counter reformation
- The catholic church’s attempt at reversing the spread of Protestantism
- Led to many Protestants in Europe to be charged with Hersey (denying the teachings of the Catholic Church)
- In 1556, the pope told English catholics not to attend Church of England services
- 1/3 of English nobles and massive part of the English gentry are recusants
- Recusants- people practising the catholic religion in secret
- The catholic church’s attempt at reversing the spread of Protestantism
- Catholics hostile towards Protestants
- In 1556, the pope told English catholics not to attend Church of England services
- 1/3 of English nobles and massive part of the English gentry are recusants
- Recusants- people practising the catholic religion in secret
- Counter reformation
- Catholics abroad
- France
- In 1562 (the religious war), liz backed up French Protestants hoping to take back Calais
- This failed as Protestants made peace with Catholics later that year
- In 1562 (the religious war), liz backed up French Protestants hoping to take back Calais
- Spain
- In 1556, the Dutch rebelled against Spain and liz helped the Dutch rebels
- They were known as ‘sea beggars’
- Many made their way to England, where the pay would seek refuge
- They were known as ‘sea beggars’
- Spain angered by the English taking the Genoese loan in 1568
- Italian city, Genoa, lent gold to Spain on ships which were attacked and robbed by the English, who then seized the gold and brought it back to liz
- In 1556, the Dutch rebelled against Spain and liz helped the Dutch rebels
- France
- Puritans
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