History Elizabeth religious problems

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  • Created on: 15-01-23 14:33
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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
    • 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
      • 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
    • 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
      • 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
        • 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

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