1
Rebellions/
Date Country Law/Acts Event
grumbling
• Breakdown of communication as Philip moved
1558 Netherlands - - to Madrid
• Succession of weak administrators
Council • William Cecil made Secretary of State
1558 - -
positions
• Supreme Governor of the Church of England
• Title satisfied those who regarded the Pope as
the rightful head of the Church or those who
did not agree with a woman having a high
Act of position
1559 - -
Supremacy • Churchmen to swear an oath
• Commissioners sent to investigate at parish
level
• Court of High Commission to prosecute those
whose loyalty was suspect
• Set out rules for appearance of churches
• Practices from 1549 First Prayer Book should
be followed
• Altar replaced by Protestant communion table
• Catholic artefacts such as crosses and candles
to be replaced
• Set out what priests should wear to conduct
services- nod to Catholicism as Protestants
Act of
1559 - - believed what was spoken was more important
Uniformity
than what they wore
• Uniformity of worship
• Attendance at church was compulsory and
anyone failing to attend would be fined and
money would go to the poor
• Attendance of Catholic Mass was a serious
offence with heavy fine
• Saying Mass could result in death penalty
• 57 injunctions
• Preachers had to be licensed by bishop
• Preachers had to preach at least once a month
or lose their license
Royal
1559 - - • Every Church had to have a Bible written in
Injunctions
English
• Pilgrimages outlawed
• No more altars to be destroyed
• Allowed many of the old vestments to be worn
, 2
• Act of Uniformity established single agreed set
of doctrines
• New Prayer Book issued setting out way
services should be conducted
• Book of Common Prayer was a fusion of the
1559 - Prayer Book -
two Prayer Books issued in Edward’s reign
• Meaning of bread and wine in the Book of
Common Prayer established a balance
between Protestant and Catholics- opened it to
interpretation
• Elizabeth followed Henry by taking taxes that
were traditionally paid to Rome into her own
coffers
Act of
1559 - - • Took over property belonging to bishops and
Exchange
force them only to rent land to her
• Used this to keep bishops in line who were
critical about her settlement
• Group of Protestant lords deposed Mary de
1559 Scotland - -
Guise
1559 Spain - - • Philip offered to marry Elizabeth
• Allowed a Latin edition of the Prayer Book
1560 - Prayer Book - • Restored crucifix and candles to the altar in her
chapel
• Under the Treaty of Berwick, aid was given to
the Protestants in Scotland
Treaty of
1560 Scotland - • Treaty of Edinburgh agreed that the French
Berwick
would withdraw from Scotland and Protestant
government under Lord James Stuart
• Religious war broke out in France, reducing
their immediate threat to England
1562 France - -
• Lasted between 1562-93
• Huguenots were defeated
• Hawkins sailed to West Africa where he bought
The New
1562 - - slaves and sold them to colonists in the New
World
World
• Philip protested Elizabeth’s support of the
1562 Spain - -
Huguenots
Council • Dudley and Norfolk appointed to the Privy
1562 - -
positions Council
• Convocation of the Church set out a definitive
Thirty Nine statement of the meaning of Anglicanism
1563 - -
Articles • Welded together different Protestant and
Catholic traditions
Rebellions/
Date Country Law/Acts Event
grumbling
• Breakdown of communication as Philip moved
1558 Netherlands - - to Madrid
• Succession of weak administrators
Council • William Cecil made Secretary of State
1558 - -
positions
• Supreme Governor of the Church of England
• Title satisfied those who regarded the Pope as
the rightful head of the Church or those who
did not agree with a woman having a high
Act of position
1559 - -
Supremacy • Churchmen to swear an oath
• Commissioners sent to investigate at parish
level
• Court of High Commission to prosecute those
whose loyalty was suspect
• Set out rules for appearance of churches
• Practices from 1549 First Prayer Book should
be followed
• Altar replaced by Protestant communion table
• Catholic artefacts such as crosses and candles
to be replaced
• Set out what priests should wear to conduct
services- nod to Catholicism as Protestants
Act of
1559 - - believed what was spoken was more important
Uniformity
than what they wore
• Uniformity of worship
• Attendance at church was compulsory and
anyone failing to attend would be fined and
money would go to the poor
• Attendance of Catholic Mass was a serious
offence with heavy fine
• Saying Mass could result in death penalty
• 57 injunctions
• Preachers had to be licensed by bishop
• Preachers had to preach at least once a month
or lose their license
Royal
1559 - - • Every Church had to have a Bible written in
Injunctions
English
• Pilgrimages outlawed
• No more altars to be destroyed
• Allowed many of the old vestments to be worn
, 2
• Act of Uniformity established single agreed set
of doctrines
• New Prayer Book issued setting out way
services should be conducted
• Book of Common Prayer was a fusion of the
1559 - Prayer Book -
two Prayer Books issued in Edward’s reign
• Meaning of bread and wine in the Book of
Common Prayer established a balance
between Protestant and Catholics- opened it to
interpretation
• Elizabeth followed Henry by taking taxes that
were traditionally paid to Rome into her own
coffers
Act of
1559 - - • Took over property belonging to bishops and
Exchange
force them only to rent land to her
• Used this to keep bishops in line who were
critical about her settlement
• Group of Protestant lords deposed Mary de
1559 Scotland - -
Guise
1559 Spain - - • Philip offered to marry Elizabeth
• Allowed a Latin edition of the Prayer Book
1560 - Prayer Book - • Restored crucifix and candles to the altar in her
chapel
• Under the Treaty of Berwick, aid was given to
the Protestants in Scotland
Treaty of
1560 Scotland - • Treaty of Edinburgh agreed that the French
Berwick
would withdraw from Scotland and Protestant
government under Lord James Stuart
• Religious war broke out in France, reducing
their immediate threat to England
1562 France - -
• Lasted between 1562-93
• Huguenots were defeated
• Hawkins sailed to West Africa where he bought
The New
1562 - - slaves and sold them to colonists in the New
World
World
• Philip protested Elizabeth’s support of the
1562 Spain - -
Huguenots
Council • Dudley and Norfolk appointed to the Privy
1562 - -
positions Council
• Convocation of the Church set out a definitive
Thirty Nine statement of the meaning of Anglicanism
1563 - -
Articles • Welded together different Protestant and
Catholic traditions
