The Impact of Catholicism on Policies
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- The Impact of Catholicism on Policies
- Impact on James' Policies
- Enforcement of recusancy laws varied depending on how much James feared current Catholic activity
- James recognised that the Gunpowder Plot was due to a few radicals, and not typical of most Catholics
- He believed that Catholic laymen were loyal
- but James didn't trust priests as they were trained in Europe
- He disliked Jesuits as they were loyal to the Pope over James
- James was relieved that the Spanish Match fell through, as Spain was forcing him to repel penal laws to get Charles and Buckingham back
- However, he still believed a Catholic alliance was important, so Charles married Henrietta Maria of France
- Impact on Parliament's Policies
- Fear of Catholicism made parliament intolerable to Arminianism
- Hostility increased towards Buckingham when his mother converted
- In 1621 and 1624, parliament pushed for stricter enforcement of recusancy laws
- Parliament challenged royal prerogative and insisted Charles should marry a protestant
- in 1624, parliament tried to repel the treaty with Spain as it contained a concession on penal laws
- Therefore, James and parliament had very different aims for Catholicism
- James' ideas were more practical, but he sold them poorly to parliament
- Parliament was so full of anti-Catholic sentiment and they were impossible to reason with
- Impact on James' Policies
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