Elizabeth I
&
the Wars of Religion
Henry VIII
1491 - (1509) – 1547
Act of Supremacy 1534
Treason Act
Six Articles 1539
Dissolution of Monasteries
Religious Groups In England
Staunch
Catholics
Militant
Protestants
“No Changes!”
More alter boys!
(Calvinists)
“Change everything!
Moderate
Catholics
“Meh, I’m down
with a few changes”
Moderate
Protestants
“Meh, I’m down
with a few changes”
But We All Go To The Same Church!!
Mary
1516 (31)
Catherine of Aragon
Catholic
gay
Elizabeth
Edward
1533 (14)
1537 (10)
Anne Bolyen
Protestant
Jane Seymour
Protestant/
Edward VI
1537 - (1547 - 1553 )
Radical Protestant Changes
Who is Happy?
Radical Protestants
Who is Opposed?
Almost everyone else!
TOO MUCH, TOO FAST
Mary I
“Bloody” Mary
1516 - (1553) - 1558
RETURN TO CATHOLICISM
1st Act: Retroactively
Validate the marriage of Henry
& Catherine. : )
Married Philip of Spain?!!?!
Mary I
“Bloody” Mary
1516 - (1553 - 1558 )
RETURN TO CATHOLICISM
Repealed 42 Articles
Return to Catholic Rituals /
Practices. (Mass, Images, etc)
Restored Papal Supremacy
Mary I
“Bloody” Mary
1516 - (1553 - 1558 )
RETURN TO CATHOLICISM
Revived the Heresy Laws
300 Protestants Executed
- 3 Bishops
- Thomas Cranmer
ArchBishop of Canterbury
Elizabeth I
1533 - ( 1558 – 1603 )
Anne Boleyn
Declared illegitimate and demoted to
“lady” Reinstated at insistence of
Catherine Parr.
Imprisoned in Tower of London (2
months) under Mary I. Sentenced to
house arrest (1 year). Returned to
Court.
“This is the Lord’s doing and it is
marvellous in our eyes.”
Elizabeth I
1533 - ( 1558 – 1603 )
Moderate Protestantism
“I will not
make windows
into men’s
souls”
Elizabeth I
1533 - (1558 - 1603 )
The Elizabethan Settlement
- Act of Supremacy!
- Act of Uniformity:
Book of Common Prayer (English)
- Many Bishops replaced
- 39 Articles ?!?!?!
COMPROMISE & AMBIGUITY
The Church
of England
Puritan
Beliefs
Papal Supremacy
The Monarch
Congregations
Hierarchical
(Pope, Bishops )
Hierarchical
No Hierarchy
(Archbishop of
Canterbury)
(no Bishops!)
The Catholic
Church
Ritualistic
Ritualistic
No Rituals!!
Book of Common Prayer
Latin
English
Veneration of Saints
“meh.”
Celibacy for Priests
Nope
“Our Churches are
MAGNIFICENT!”
English
IDOLOTRY!!!
Nope
“So are ours!
“Bah, purify the church
So Eat it, Catholic” of ALL Catholic Stuff”
Elizabeth I
1533 - (1558 - 1603)
The Elizabethan Settlement
The Church of England:
The Anglican Church
Protestant Doctrine but Catholic Look
OPPONENTS?
- Staunch Catholics
- Radical Protestants (Puritans, Separatists)
2 Types of Church Governance
• episcopal system vs presbytery system
• Episcopal vs Presbyterian
Protestant Types in England
• episcopal system – Rule by Bishops
episcopalian vs Episcopalian
• presbyterian – Rule by Presbyteries (elders)
– Most Puritans ( presbyterian vs Presbyterian )
• Congregationalists – Independent Churches
– Separatists!
Mary Queen of Scots
Margaret Tudor
+ James IV
Maria of Guise + James V
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots
1542, Dec 7 - Born
1542, Dec 14 - Queen of Scotland
1548 - Betrothed to Francis II 1548
1559 - Queen Consort of France
1561 - Francis dies / back to Scotland
1561 – Married Lord Darnley
1567 – Darnley strangled mmmm?
1567 – “Married” James Hepburn (Bothwell)
1567 – Scottish lords rebel against her /
imprisoned
1568 – Escaped / Fled to England
1568 – Elizabeth imprisoned (house arrest)
1587 – Beheaded by Elizabeth
Edward Seymour
1st Duke of Somerset
Katherine Parr
Elizabeth’s Favorite
Robert Dudley
Earl of Leicester
1532 - 1588
Son of …the Duke of
Northumblerland??
(Jane Grey)
Died of old age
Robert Devereux
Earl of Essex
Elizabeth’s “favorite”
in the 1590
Executed in 1601
for Treason.
Oh, he was the heir of
Robert Dudley!!!!
Mary
Elizabeth
Edward
1516 (31)
1533 (14)
1537 (10)
Catherine of Aragon
Glitter Dragon
Catholic
Anne Bolyen
Sparkle Dragon
Protestant
Jane Seymour
Sparkly Vampire
Protestant
The Church
of England
Puritan
Beliefs
Papal Supremacy
The Monarch
Congregations
Hierarchical
(Pope, Bishops,
alter boys!)
Ritualistic
Hierarchical
No Hierarchy
(Archbishop of
Canterbury)
(no Bishops!)
The Catholic
Church
Ritualistic
No Rituals!!
Book of Common Prayer
Latin
English
Veneration of Saints
“meh.”
Celibacy for Priests
Nope
“Our Churches are
MAGNIFICENT!”
English
IDOLOTRY!!!
Nope
“So are ours!
“Bah, purify the church
So Eat it, Catholic” of ALL Catholic Stuff”