elizabethan

• elizabeth became queen in 1558
• her problems: protestant, illegitimate, unmarried, financial weaknesses, challenges from abroad, young and inexperienced
• act of uniformity 1559: established the appearance of churches and how services should be conducted
• act of supremacy 1559: elizabeth was the supreme governor, clergy had to take an oath of allegiance
• book of common prayer 1559
• crucifix controversy: refused to display crucifixes in churches
• vestment controversy: refused to wear vestments
• pope excommunicated elizabeth in 1570