Queen Elizabeth I Religious Matters and Controversies Quiz

Elizabethan Era (1564-1624)

• The beginning of prophesying exercises, which was a controversial topic as the Queen wasn't a fan of preaching.

Key Publications

• Acts and Monuments by John Foxe (2nd edition, 1571)
• The Admonition to Parliament by John Field and Thomas Wilcox (puritan manifesto, 1572)
• The Second Admonition by Field and Wilcox (1573)
• The Gag of the Reformed Gospel by John Heigham (a Catholic, 1623)
• A Gagg for the New Gospell?No.A New Gagg for an Old Goose by Richard Montague (Anglican bishop, 1624)

Religious Matters

• The clergy was asked to subscribe to the 39 Articles.
• The Alphabetical bills were re-introduced in Parliament (but vetoed by the Queen).
• The Treaty of Blois was signed between England and French Calvinists (1572).
• The Admonition Controversy began (1572-1576), aiming to eliminate Roman Catholic elements from the Church of England.
• The Concordat of Leith in Scotland allowed the crown to appoint bishops with the church's approval (1572).

Attacks and Plots

• The Ridol plot aimed to depose the Queen and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots (MQS).
• The St Bartholomew massacre occurred in France, where Catholics attacked Huguenots (1572).
• The Northern Rebellion was an attempt by Catholic nobles to depose the Queen and replace her with MQS (1569).

Foreign Policy

• The Treaty of Bristol reopened trade between England and France (1574).
• The Spanish match, where Charles went to Spain to woo the Infanta, failed (1623).

Politics

• The failure of the Spanish match led to Charles's return to England (1623).
• The Statue of Monopolies reduced the King's ability to sell monopolies and patents (1624).
• James called his 4th parliament, and Lionel Cranfield was impeached by the House of Commons (1624).

Catholic Resistance

• Catholic pamphlets were published by Stapleton (1564) and John Martial (1565).
• The creation of a Catholic seminary in Douai by W. Allen aimed to send missionaries back to England (1568).

Repression

• 200 radical puritans were arrested (1567).
• Women and men puritans were imprisoned in Bridewell (1568-1611).

Key Events

• The papal bull Regnans in Excelsis excommunicated Elizabeth and proclaimed her as the illegitimate ruler of England (1570).
• The Fatal Vespers episode occurred, where the floor in the French ambassador's house collapsed during a Catholic service (1623).