Challenges did Elizabeth face with her Religious Settlement

• The Puritan challenge:

  > Puritans were happy that Elizabeth reintroduced Protestantism once more but did not like some of the remaining traces of the Catholic Church, such as decorations in church.
• The Puritan challenge:

  > Some puritans remained as bishops and together with some Puritan MPs tried to persuade Elizabeth to move to a more Puritan style of Protestantism. Elizabeth forced some puritan priests to resign after 1583.
• The Catholic challenge:

  > Catholics were upset that the settlement did not permit the Latin Mass in services and some priest held the Mass secretly.
• The Catholic challenge:

  > Some Catholics did not attend church and Elizabeth decided not to enforce the recusancy fines too strictly.
• Elizabeth’s excommunication 1570:

  > In 1570, Pope Pius V excommunicated Elizabeth from the Catholic Church. In doing so, he signalled his support for the Northern Rebellion.
• The Arrival of Missionary Priests 1580 :

  > Following the Pope’s excommunication of Elizabeth, England witnessed an influx of Jesuit missionaries. Jesuit priests were totally loyal to the Pope and specially trained to persuade people either to become Catholics or to show a stronger Catholic faith. Their aim was to gain influence over rich and powerful families, turning them against the Queen.
• Edmund Campion and the Jesuit Mission:

  > The mission was to restore Catholicism to England.
• Edmund Campion and the Jesuit Mission:

  > Campion arrived in June 1580, began to preach and became known to the authorities as someone who rejected Protestantism.
• Edmund Campion and the Jesuit Mission:

  > He wrote 10 reasons/arguments against the Protestant Church, this was published with 400 copies being left on benches in Oxford. He questioned the validity of Elizabeth’s Church. He was imprisoned then hanged, drawn and quartered.