How did Elizabeth enforce the Religious Settlement?

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Sumaya Farah

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  • Elizabeth is lenient:
    > In 1559 the fine for missing church was 12 pence and even this often wasn’t enforced. In 1581 it was raised to a crippling 20 pounds.
  • Elizabeth is harsh:
    The Treason Act 1571:
    > Anyone who left the country for more than six months had their land
    confiscated. This was an attempt to prevent English Catholics from going abroad to train as missionaries.
  • Elizabeth is harsh:
    Act to retain the Queen’s subjects in their due obedience, 1581:
    > Recusants (those who refused to attend church) had to pay a bigger fine of £20 per month and those who tried to encourage people to become Catholic could be accused of treason. For example, Edmund Campion, a leading missionary, was hung, drawn and quartered.