Church of England

• how did the church help elizebethan society

  it provided guidance for communities
• how was the church involved in law

  church courts which punished slander, sexual offences, marriage offences and ect
• how did the church of England legitimise Elizabeth's rule

  it encouraged people to not rebel against the monarch
• what did clergymen conduct

  baptisms, weddings and funerals
• who funded the clergy

  taxes + tithings
• why did parishes perform rituals

  to help with poverty and vagrancy

  to help ward of plague
• were clergy members part of a specific social class

  no