The Growth of Puritan Opposition
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- Created on: 30-10-20 10:40
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- The Growth of Puritan Opposition
- Overall, Puritans opposed religious policies, foreign policy, and the rights of monarchy over parliament's rights
- Religious policies
- Puritans wanted Sundays to be more holy, but James encouraged leisure activities after Sunday Service
- Growth of Arminianism
- Too much like Roman Catholics
- believed in ceremonial and the sacraments over preaching
- sermons supported the Divine Right of Kings
- Mystery was important for the holiness of Church
- Bishops
- James promoted two Arminians to bishops - Lancelot Andrews and Richard Neile
- Some bishops were also in the privy council and advised James on policy
- Too much like Roman Catholics
- Foreign Policy
- Puritans were afraid as James was attempting to have better relations with Catholic powers.
- Puritans wanted James to take the lead of the Protestant world
- Why Puritans disliked Spain
- Spain persecuted Protestants during the Inquisition
- Spain killed Protestants in the Netherlands and France
- Thirty Years War, and historic enemy under Elizabeth I
- Spain killed Sir Walter Raleigh in 1618 - a well-liked Protestant
- Puritans were afraid as James was attempting to have better relations with Catholic powers.
- Puritans in Parliament
- Puritans distrusted the Divine Right of Kings, were critical of James' methods to raise money, and disliked the extravagance of court
- They created the Protestation in 1621, criticising James banned on what parliament could discuss
- James dissolved Parliament in response and removed the Protestation from the records
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