Mary I's Religious Policies

• How did Mary I want to change England religiously?

  She wanted to change it back to Catholicism
• What was the initial public opinion on the reversion to Catholicism?


  Many were enthusiastic to change back
• What were the issues Mary faced when trying to restore papal jurisdiction to England?


  Protestantism was popular in London and some parts of the south.

  The Protestant Church was protected by law. Many political elites gained financially from the monasteries and didn't want to surrender it and Mary needed their support regardless if she disagreed
• When did the attack on Protestants begin in Mary's reign?

  Oct 1553 when her parliament first met
• When did Mary I restore papal supremacy?


  Jan 1555
• Which policy restored papal supremacy?

  Act of Repeal
• What Pope took over from Pope Julius III in 1555?


  Pope Paul IV
• What was significant about the new Pope?

  He was anti-Spanish
• What book recorded the victims of Mary's heretical burnings?

  Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs
• When was Foxe's 'Book of Martyrs' published?

  1563
• How many protestants did Mary burn?

  289
• Which three popular bishops did Mary kill for being heretics?

  Archbishop Cranmer, Bishop Hooper and Bishop Ridley
• How did the purpose of the burnings back fire?

  It created public sympathy for the victims, creating a martyrdom
• Were the burnings successful at removing heresy from England?


  No and it didn't help Mary's reputation either
• What other religious policies were introduced by Pole and Mary?


  They tried to improve the quantity and quality of priests
• What did Pole's Legatine Synod of 1556-57 do?


  Made his vision clear: that Bishops had a responsibility to ensure their dioceses were well run (Pole was organising the Catholic church)
• How successful was Mary's reestablished Catholic England?


  Not completely as she never fully made England Catholic due to her short-lived reign and the delays of reestablishing the Church's structure.