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ELIZABETHAN RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT - Coggle Diagram
ELIZABETHAN RELIGIOUS SETTLEMENT
AIMS
SETTLE RELIGIOUS MATTERS FOREVER, FOR EVERYONE
SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE AND TOLERANCE
ACHIEVE 'QUIETUDE'
MAKE ENGLAND MODERATELY PROTESTANT
METHODS
PARLIAMENT
ROYAL INJUNCTIONS
PROPAGANDA - used better than M.I or E.VI
AREAS OF CHANGE
STRUCTURE AND HIERARCHY
DOCTRINE AND BELIEF
APPEARANCE
LITURGY AND CEREMONY
BACKGROUND
E.I. RELIGIOUS VIEWS
moderate Protestant, but more concerned with finding politically sound compromise
deeply disliked radicalism
enjoyed traditional teachings as well as Protestant aspects - kept church music, and believed that priests shouldn't marry
DOMESTIC INFLUENCES
the large Catholic section of the House of Lords objected to Elizabeth being head of the church or bringing back the Protestant Prayer Book of 1552
Devoted Protestants in Elizabeth's Privy council encouraged reformist ideas - William Cecil and Robert Dudley especially
population of London had displayed support for a Protestant Reformation
FOREIGN INFLUENCES
E.I. had to proceed with care due to war with France and shaky alliance with Spain - both Catholic
Once the Treaty of Cateau-Cambresis calmed European politics, the ERS was easier to pass
CONCLUSIONS
with the ERS, Elizabeth aimed to bring quietude to English religion after decades of uncertainty, establishing once and for all her authority over the church with as little opposition as possible, at home or abroad
Whilst her slight Protestantism (and that of her advisers) was evident in the details of the Settlement, Elizabeth was unsentimental and pragmatic about the ERS, choosing compromise and tolerance where possible, but ruthlessly crushing radicalism throughout