Elizabeth’s response to Puritanism

1. who did Elizabeth replace Grindal with when he died in 1583?

2. what did he do?

1. John Whitgift

2. took a stance against Puritans

1. what did new rules introduce by Whitgift ban?

2. what did they force?

1. unlicensed preaching

2. church attendance w/ recusancy fines

1. what did a new High Commission have the power to do?

2. who was dismissed/imprisoned?

1. fine + imprison Puritans who refused to follow rules

2. hundreds of clergymen

1. why were printers punished?

2. what happened to Anthony Cope (high profile Puritan)?

1. for spreading the Puritan message

2. imprisoned in Tower of London

1. how did Whitgift’s crackdown help decline the influence of Puritanism after 1590?

2. how did the Church of England help decline it?

1. it broke the organisation of Puritanism

2. it brought stability to religion → people didn’t want to risk losing it

1. how did the death of powerful Puritans help decline the influence of Puritanism after 1590?

2. when did John Field die?

3. why was his death significant?

1. it removed its influence in the royal court

2. 1588

3. he was an important leader who was highly critical of the Church of England