Elizabeth I - Religious Acts and Laws

Act of Supremacy -

- 1559

- re-established Elizabeth as the Head of the Church

- Elizabeth I established herself as 'Supreme Governor'

- All clergy and royal officials had to swear an Oath of Allegiance

Act of Uniformity -

- May 1559

- Combination of the Prayer Books

- Transubstantiation was unclear

- fines to those who didn't attend church

Royal Injunctions -

- 57

- preachers had to have license

- pilgrimages forbidden

- churches to display bibles

39 Articles -

- introduced in 1563

- made into law in 1571 (after excommunication)

- were a major compromise

Act of Exchange -

- 1559

- Elizabeth could trade Church property in her possession with temporal land in Churches possession

Whitgift's 3 Articles -

- swear to

- authority of Elizabeth

- prayer book as word of god

- 39 articles

Act Against Seditious Sectaries -

- 1593

- allowed authorities to execute those suspected of being separatist

Act to Retain the Queen Majesty's Subjects in their due Obedience

- this was to deal with Jesuits

Act Against Jesuit Seminary Priests and Other Disobedient Persons

- This ordered Catholic priests to leave the country within 40 days, with their continued presence in England being considered high treason

Treason Act

- 1571

- anyone bringing the Papal Bull into England or who denied Elizabeth's supremacy as Supreme Governor was committing an act of high treason