Religon with somerset

• Henry VIII

  Started Catholic with a positive relationship with the Papacy<|>Significant changes: 1534 Act of Supremacy - authority of church creating Henry as supreme head of the church<|>1536 - Dissolution of monasteries<|>Doctrine and liturgy<|>1538 - English Bible<|>No clear idea of how religion is going to be
• Henry VIII pointing to Edward to become king


  • Council surrounding
  • English Bible
  • Protector Somerset near Edward
• Allegorical image

  Contains a message and special meaning
• Elements in the image

  • Member of Privy Council
  • Monks fleeing
  • All flesh is grass - Pope can't be the head
• Duffy's biggest transformation was attacking the everyday ceremonies and liturgy of Catholics. Huge break
• Susan Bridgen: only 20% of Londoners were Protestant by 1547
• Catholics survival remained strong
• Religion under Edward VI

  Raised as a Protestant<|>More influential<|>Role treated seriously<|>Further attacks on Catholicism<|>More Protestant clergy<|>Transforms religious ceremonies and liturgy
• Pressure for religious reform

  1. Death of Henry VIII - exile Protestant returned from Netherlands and Germany

  2. Reform faction in control of the government

  3. Relaxation of censorship. Increase in pamphlets against Catholicism. Increasing in writing of Martin Luther and John Calvin
• Somerset

  • Reformer
  • Understood the need for caution - rebellion etc.
  • John Hooper - Somerset chaplain
  • Nicholas Ridley - Bishop of London
  • Thomas Cranmer - Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Wanted a single form for services
• Initial approach

  1. Encourage Edward on coronation (20 February 1547) to emulate Josiah

  2. Idea that Edward would drive out Catholicism
• February 1547


  Condemnation of images in London
• July 1547


  1. Royal injunctions issued attacked popular features of Catholicism

  2. Target candles, Candlemass, Ash Wednesday, holy water
• Royal injunctions

  1. Commissioners investigate

  2. Attacked features of Catholicism: stained glass, processions
• November 1547


  Treason Act - 6 articles removed, can talk about Protestantism
• December 1547


  Dissolution of chantries and religious guilds for money to fund foreign policy
• Act of Uniformity - 1549

  1. Book of Common Prayer

  2. English book

  3. Masterpiece of vagueness

  4. Commemorating

  5. Standard services
• At the beginning Cranmer is devising Protestant ideas more than previously. See an attack on experience for the ordinary people. Set the scene for financial plundering. Impressive given Somerset being weak
• Impact

  • Catholic opposition
  • Royal minority government
  • Catholic believe that the king's supremacy taken advantage
  • Social upheaval