Marian religious policy

• What was the Act of Repeal's date?

  Autumn 1553
• What did the Act of Repeal accomplish?

  Removed Edward's religious legislation and restored Six Articles
• What title did Mary abandon after the Act of Repeal?

  Head of Church
• What remained unchanged after the Act of Repeal?

  Royal Supremacy and Church lands
• When were the Royal Injunctions issued?

  March 1554
• What did the Royal Injunctions restore?

  Holy Days and ceremonies in Latin
• How many clergy were deprived due to the Royal Injunctions?

  800 clergy
• What was the date of the Second Act of Repeal?

  November 1554
• What authority did the Second Act of Repeal restore?

  Papal authority
• What legislation was removed by the Second Act of Repeal?

  All legislation approved since 1529
• When was the Book of Homilies ordered?

  January 1555
• What change did the Book of Homilies bring to clergy sermons?

  Changed from English to Latin
• What was the outcome of Mary Laws in February 1555?


  271 people were burnt
• What was the public reaction to Mary Laws?

  Increased opposition and 800 fled abroad
• How did authorities respond to the unpopular legislation?

  Ignored or avoided enforcing it
• What were the Twelve Decrees established for?

  To train priests and educate laity
• What happened before the Twelve Decrees had much effect?

  Mary died
• All the church bells in london greeted her she toon this to mean people were eager for her to change the church back to Catholicism but this may not of been true
• Act of repeal autumn 1553 - removed all religious legislation introduced by edward and restoration of the six articles - mary abandoned title head of church but there was no change to royal supremacy or church lands
• Significance of act of repeal 1553 - very Significant removed protestant reform by edward. Big change but not fully catholic yet
• Royal injunctions March 1554 - restoration of holy days, ceremonies in latin and removal of married clergy and protestant bishops . 800 bishops deprived
• Royal injunction significance - asserted Royal religious authority and demonstrated commitment to going back to Catholicism with no compromise - got rid of protestant priests limiting their influence
• Second act of repeal nov 1554 - restored papal authority. Removed all legislation since 1529 including monarch power (supermacy)
• Second act of repeal significance- restored papal authority ending nearly 20 years of independent national church control
• Book of homilies Jan 1555 - clergy sermons fron English to Latin
• Heresy laws Feb 1555 - burnings. 271 burnt which increased opposition and 800 people (middle class) fled abroad authorities ignored or avoided enforcing the unpopular legislation
• Hersey laws significance- created a climate of fear and intimidated many into outward conformity, but did damage Mary's reputation (bloody mary)
• Twelve decrees Feb 1556 - establishing seminars to train priests in order to educate laity about new laws - BUT lack of funding made it ineffective and mary died before reform had much effect
• People of London where talking about the cruel enforcement and where not happy with the hersey 1555 laws