'The Tudors'- Elizabeth I and Religion
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Elizabeth I and Religion
Timeline
1558: (November)- Elizabeth succeeds to the throne
1559: (April)- Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity
(June)- Royal injuctions, Matthew Parker (Archbishop of Canterbury)
1568: (May)- Mary, Queen of Scots put under house arrest
1569: (November-February)- Rebellion led by Catholic earls
1571: (April)- Parliament passes the Treasons Act; Walter Strickland
1577: (November)- First execution of a Catholic priest as a traitor
1580: (June)- First Jesuits arrive in England
1583: (August)- John Whitgift (Archbishop of Canterbury)
(October)- Whitgift issues his Three Articles
1585: (February)- Parliament passes Act against Jesuits/Seminary Priests...
1587: (February)- Mary, Queen of Scots is executed at Fotheringhay
Genevan System
Prerogative
Puritans formed Separatist groups
Pope Pius V- Excommunicated Elizabeth
Catholic priests from seminaries in Europe began to come to England as missionaries and they were followed by the Jesuits
Pressures on Elizabeth + her Religious Settlement
- Faced a variety of pressures
- Position abroad with Calais
- The advice she received from her ministers
- Her own personal preferences in religion
The situation in England
- Considerable degree of religious upheaval
- Since 1529
- The changes in religion: (Henry VIII-Rejection of the pope as head of the Church) (Edward VI's reign) (Mary I- Catholicism)
- Divided religiously
Protestants
- Some left during the persecutions and went into exile at Zurich/Frankfurt/Geneva
- Marian exiles returned home as soon as Mary was dead
- A new Church Settlement
- They were not a united group (one of their weaknesses)
- Elizabeth favoured priests from thos group as they were more moderate
Roman Catholics
- Rule of Mary I
- Roman Catholicism had been restored by Mary and her Archbishop of Canterbury (Cardinal Pole)
- The burning og some 280 martyrs
- The willingness of some Protestants to die for their faith challenged previous attitudes
Foreign situation
- 1558: England was at war with France
- France was a largely Catholic country and negotatiation might be easier if England did not become aggressively Protestant
Alliance with Spain
- Philip II accepted that Elizabeth might become Protestant and would prove willing to protect her
- Unlikely to mount an invasion of England
Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis
- Elizabeth was assured that Philip's friendship and support would help her become successful
- Secured Elizabeth's position
- Opened a way for the Religious Settlement
- A…
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