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Challange to the religous settlements (Catholic (Opposition from foreign…
Challange to the religous settlements
Puritans
Purtians were inspired by John Knox
Thought it was unatural for women to be leaders
Serious
So many people were prepared to listen to his ideas
Knox was an influencial man
He was opposed to women having positions of power
Less serious
Position of the puritans were weak because they were all divided
Not all Puritans could agree on what they wanted
Not all puritans wanted the same thing
He believed Ellizabeth should not be the lead governor of the church
Bishops appointed priests
This was to spread the message
Would oppose the surplice that the religous settlement had said
Puritan preists were always selected by Puritan bishops
Many Puritan preists refused to have crucifixes in their churches
Bishops were able to appoint priests in local areas
Less serious
Puritans were not sure about how much change they wanted
Puritans did not launch any violent attacks
Elizabeth position was stronger in the 1560s
Serious
Bishops were determined to resign to threaten Elizabeth
Showed Bishops could force changes and change the religous settlement
Elizabeth was unable to resolve the crucifix issue
Opposition in parliment
Puritans tried to change the laws to remove the religous settlement
Wanted to get of the Bishops
Puritans were able to voice their opinion
Less serious
Elizabeth was able to imprison some of these MPs
Puritans were divided and had different priorities
This was a short term threat
Serious
Some MPs were imprionsed because how serious they were to changing these laws
There was serious and powerful people that were able to do this
MPs could change the laws
Catholic
Opposition from Catholics
People would hide Catholic images away from Elizabeth's inspectors
They would often celebrate mass in private
People could choose not to go church and pay a fine. Referred to as recusants
Would have secret meetings
Catholics quietly refused to follow the new Church of England
Less serious
Elizabeth was happy to tolerate this
Many Catholics did not have power or influence
Serious
Would be a problem if an attack was launched
Elizabeth was not prepared to punish recusants
This was a long term challenge to the religious settlement
Opposition from Catholic nobles
Serious
People had power and influence
Had an army of 5000 men by 1569
Richest and richest people in North England were recusants
Less serious
She was in a much stronger position then before
Able to raise an army of 19,000
This was only a short term challenge to her authority
Nobles would celebrate mass in private
Opposition from the Pope
Pope Pius V instructed all Catholics not to attend Church of England services in 1566
When Elizabeth was excommunicated, it was encouraging rebellion by Catholics across England.
Would have officially excluded Elizabeth from the Catholic Church
Meant that Catholics in England were being encouraged to disobey Elizabeth’s instructions as queen
Pope Pius IV could have excommunicated Elizabeth
Less serious
But ten years later, she had established herself and could only really be threatened if another country became involved
Elizabeth was in too strong a position to be affected by the Pope’s actions
Serious
Pope had massive power and influence on all Catholics
Opposition from foreign powers
Spain became more angry with England as a result of England’s support for Dutch Protestant rebels
The Netherlands was part of the Spanish Empire, but there were a large number of Protestant
Spain became more angry with England when Elizabeth tried to assist the French Protestant rebellion in 1562
Spain was opposed to the Religious Settlement, but King Philip II hoped that Elizabeth’s views could be changed
Spanish were angry at this and threatened to use their huge army in the Netherlands
There was a religious war between 1562 and 1597, which left little time to interfere in English politics
Less serious
pain waited far too long to do anything about Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement
Elizabeth was too strong by the time that Philip II decided to act
There was no co-operation or unity between the different foreign powers
France was opposed to the Religious Settlement, but the kings of France did not do very much about it
Serious
These countries had significant power and influence
France and Spain were larger countries with more powerful economies and stronger armies