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42 Cards in this Set
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What led over 100 ministers to emigrate to Puritan colonies in the New World in the 1630s? |
Laud’s reforms |
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What book did William Prynne write in 1633 and what did it criticise? |
Histriomastix - criticised parties, theatre, sport, balls. |
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What year was William Prynne first in the Star Chamber? |
1634 |
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Which Puritan refused to pay Ship Money and when? |
1636 - John Hampden |
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What year did Charles I force the Book of Canons on Presbyterian Scotland? |
1636 |
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Which Puritans were punished in the Court of Star Chamber in 1637 and what happened to them? |
Burton, Bastwick and Prynne (again). They were fined, imprisoned, had parts of their ears cut off and branded. |
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What year does the First Bishops' War start and why? |
1637 - because Charles I forced the English Prayer Book on Scotland (Presbyterian) |
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How did Baptist principles come to Exeter in the 1640s? |
These came with the New Model Army. |
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What did the Declaration of Breda (1660) promise to dissenters? |
“Liberty to tender consciences” |
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What happened to Captain John Hodgson? |
He was arrested on false charges (because his religious beliefs provoked a royalist in the area), forced to take the Oath of Allegiance to the crown and CofE.
He was acquitted but this happened four more times. |
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What and when was the Corporation Act? |
1661 - dissenters cannot hold municipal offices. |
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Name a case study for the Corporation Act 1661. |
John Shaw was dismissed from his church but appealed to the King and was allowed to keep his position. |
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What was the name of the Fifth Monarchist uprising in 1661? |
Venner’s Rising |
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What was the Act of Uniformity and when was it made? |
1662 - excluded dissenters from church office - all ministers must conform to the 39 Articles of the CofE or be ejected from their livings. |
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What and when was Black Bartholomew’s Day? |
1662 - 2000+ ministers were ejected due to the Act of Uniformity, 11 from Exeter. |
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What was allowed in Charles II’s first Declaration of Indulgence and when was it made? |
1662 - grants religious freedom to minorities and suspends laws that persecute them. |
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What was the Quaker Act and when was it created? |
1662 - let them be arrested and had to swear oath of allegiance but their religion does not allow them to swear any kind of oath - some even offered to make declarations but this was denied. |
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How did Charles II show sympathy to dissenters in 1662? |
He attempted to suspend the Act of Uniformity, but failed. |
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How did the Civil War (1642-46) lead to an increase in radical groups? (3) |
Due to: - Breakdown of normal restraints - Radical ministers could take on parish responsibilities - Freedom of the press spread new ideas |
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What year was Charles II’s first Declaration of Indulgence withdrawn? |
1663 |
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What was the Conventicle Act and when was it made? |
1664 - no religious meetings of 5+ people outside the CofE. |
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Who was the Quaker leader and what happened to him in 1664? |
George Fox - he was imprisoned in Scarborough Castle - the movement almost fell apart by the time he was released. |
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What was the Five Mile Act and when was it made? |
1665 - preachers/teachers who do not swear the oath of loyalty to CofE cannot be within five miles of the town/parish that they preached/taught in. |
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When did the first Conventicle Act expire and why was this insignificant? |
1667, but the Five Mile Act (1665) created the same effect. |
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Which two people founded an academy to educate potential dissenting clergy in 1669? |
Heywood and ejected Presbyterian Richard Frankland |
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Which two opposing Acts were introduced in 1650 and what did they do? |
Toleration Act - removed the Elizabethan requirement of compulsory Anglican Church attendance. Blasphemy Act - aimed to curb extremist preaching. |
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What and when was the Nayler Case? |
1656 - James Nayler (Quaker) rode into Bristol on a donkey, imitating Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem.
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Why was the Nayler Case significant? |
There were calls for Nayler’s execution but Cromwell stopped this and he was only imprisoned - showed Cromwell’s toleration. |
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Why did Quakers pose a threat at the end of the protectorate? |
They had become a refuge for earlier radicals like Lilburne (Leveller) and Winstanley (Digger). |
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What actions showed toleration to Presbyterians in 1658? |
They were allowed to work in the church and set up voluntary organisations. |
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Freedom to Independents and some Baptists in 1658 allowed them to do what? |
Become more organised and have specific Confessions of Faith for all members. |
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What and when was the Quaker Scare? |
1659 - a series of radical literature by John Fox - this led to several executions. |
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Which ministers aided Monck’s seizure of York in 1660 to clear the path down to London? |
Presbyterian ministers John Shaw of Hull and Edward Bowles of York. |
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Name the three people who tried (and failed) to introduce a scheme to revise the Act of Uniformity to allow inclusion of dissenters in CofE in 1669. |
Sir Orlanda Bridgeman (judge) Sir Matthew Hale (judge) John Wilkins (Bishop of Chester) |
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Why was there a second Conventicle Act and when was it created? |
1670 - Created because Gilbert Sheldon - Archbishop of Canterbury - campaigned for it the previous year. |
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What did Charles II's second Declaration of Indulgence do and when was it created? |
1672 - persecution laws suspended, and it allowed dissenters to go to church and meet in licensed gatherings. |
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What did the 1672 Declaration of Indulgence allow for before it was withdrawn in 1673? (3) |
It allowed dissenters to consolidate gains, e.g: - Building meeting houses - Forming ministry associations - Presbyterians took out a licence and defined their ministry outside the CofE. |
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How does Danby attempt to convince Charles II to renew persecution in 1676? |
He does a census of all dissenting groups - but Charles argues there were too many to suppress them. |
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Which two events led to an alliance between the political group the Whigs and dissenters and when were they? |
Popish Plot (1678) and the Exclusion Crisis (1679 - 81). |
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Which three instances led Charles II to renew an attack on dissent? |
- Failure of the Exclusion Crisis - Rye House Plot (1683) - Collapse of Whig support |
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What did James II's first Declaration of Indulgence do and when was it created? |
1687 - granted freedom of worship in England for dissenters (and Catholics). |
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What did James II's second Declaration of Indulgence do and when was it created? |
1688 - confirmed the policies of the first and had to be read aloud from the pulpit of every parish church. |
