Religion

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Kache Nguzo

Cards (9)

  • Act of Six Articles (1539) repealed
  • Somerset attracted exiled preachers back to England (Becon, Turner, Hooper)
  • Somerset also led to continental reformers – Bucer, Martyr, Knox, a Lasco, Ochino – finding refuge in England
  • 1547: Bishops authority dissolved and re-established by Edward
  • 1547: Chantries Act – drawn up in last few months of HVIII reign but activated by Somerset, it passed all Chantry assets to the Crown. Much lined Somerset’s pockets 2500 priests affected but 2000 given secular benefices or regular pensions
  • ·       1548: First church services in English
  • 1549: Act of Uniformity and Book of Common Prayer (in English as opposed to Latin). Written by Cranmer. Ambiguous over the Eucharist, Protestant regarding ‘priesthood’, traditional vestments and alters remained
  • Impact of the 1549 Act and Prayer Book:
    Reformers:Moderates happy to see England defined for the first time as a reforming state. William Paget advocated reforms ‘as God be pleased and the world little offended.’
  • Impact of the 1549 Act and Prayer Book:
    Conservatives:June 1549, Prayer Book Rebellion, Devon and Cornwall riots