Puritans in Elizabethan England

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Where did most Catholic opposition come from according to the revisionist view?
House of Lords
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Which Puritan group caused controversy by publishing the Martin Marprelate tracts which attacked bishops, particularly Whitgift?
Presbyterians
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In which year were the Martin Marprelate tracts published?
1589
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How many votes was the Vestment Controversy defeated by, and how many clergy members were removed from office as a result?
One vote and 37 clergy members
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What year was the Vestments Controversy?
1566
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Why did Grindal, archbishop of Canterbury, refuse to suppress phrophersyings?
He believed they served a useful purpose in training better preaching
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What happened to Grindal after he refuse to suppress the phrophesyings?
He was suspended as Archbishop until his death in 1583
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What was the response to the pamphlet 'Admonition to Parliament', published by Field and Wilcox in 1572?
Field and Wilcox were imprisoned and Puritan printing presses were shut down
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In what year was Wentworth sent to the tower for leading a Puritan attack on clerical abuses?
1576
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What did the Act of Seditious Secretaries from 1593 allow?
Punishments for non-attendance including banishment and execution
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What was the purpose of the High Commission established in the 1580s?
Interrogate bishops to test their loyalty to the church
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What year was the execution of Barrow and Greenwood and the Act Against Seditious Secretaries, marking the end of the separatist movement?
1593
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