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Religious settlement (Act of supremacy: Elizabeth becomes supreme governor…
Religious settlement
Act of supremacy: Elizabeth becomes supreme governor of the church. The clergy & royal officials have to swear an oath to Elizabeth.
Ecclesiastical High commission setup to enforce the settlement. Any clergy disobeying the settlement can be punished.
The Royal Junctions: Set of instructions for the clergy the reinforced the acts of Supremacy & Uniformity. Includes instructions on how to worship God and religious services.
The religious settlement's aim was to establish a religion between Protestantism and Catholicism, by trying to please both parties.
Act of Uniformity: Establishes the appearance of churches and how services are conducted. Requires everyone to attend church.
Book of common prayer: A book for a set church service, that should be used in all churches.
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Challenge from Puritans
Puritans were radical Protestants, who wanted to purify the church by removing anything not in the bible.
Puritans wanted their own church , controlled by the queen with no bishops or vestments.
The challenge from puritans was fairly small as they lacked support as most puritans were in London and the North of England had very few protestants.
Puritans wanted to ban sinful activities like gambling, and have a simpler style of worship.
Catholics abroad
In 1570 Elizabeth was excommunicated from the church, which encouraged other countries to invade.
Spain was one of the most powerful countries, and were extremely Catholic. This became a problem for Elizabeth as there was a chance Protestantism would cause a war.
In 1571 King of Spain, Philip II was involved in the Ridolfi plot, to assassinate Elizabeth.
On both sides of England were Catholics, which meant that if countries like Scotland and France allied and attacked England England would have to attack on either side of the country.