Religious settlement

Cards (7)

  • what is the act of uniformity
    it dictated the appearance of churches and how religious services were held
  • what was the act of supremacy
    it made elizabeth supreme governor of the church so everyone had to swear an oath of allegiance to her
  • what was the royal injunctions
    A set of rules outlining everything including how worship was to be done
  • what did elizabeth aim to achieve through the religious settlement
    it aimed to be inclusive and accepted by many of her subjects by leaving the rules to be interpreted differently in order to appease the mases
  • how many out of the 10,000 clergymen accepted the religious settlement
    8,000
  • what happened to the bishops who didn't accept the agreement
    they were replaced
  • what was the punishment for not going to church
    a fine of a weeks wages