The Puritan challenge (Edexcel GCSE History): Flashcards

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When was Elizabeth I's religious settlement established?

1559

Who were the Puritans?

Devout Protestants wanting to purify Christianity

What Puritans wanted to remove from Church of England

Catholic influences & non-Biblical elements

When did the Puritan challenge emerge?

Late 1560s

Puritan view on church structure

Independent churches free from royal control

Church hierarchy Puritans rejected

Bishops

Definition of vestments

Special ceremonial clothing worn by clergy

Puritan preference for church decoration

Plain, undecorated churches without artwork

Elizabeth's order about crucifixes

Crucifix displayed in every church

Elizabeth's expectation for clergy dress

Wear traditional ceremonial vestments

Result of Parker's 1566 enforcement action

37 Puritan priests lost their positions

Three prominent Puritan leaders

John Foxe, Thomas Cartwright, John Field

Puritan strongholds (cities & regions)

London, Cambridge, Oxford, East Anglia

Year & outcome of Admonition to Parliament

1572; received little support

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