Religious reforms

What did Mary do in her third Parliament?

Reversed the Act of Attainder which had been used against Pole under H8

Who did Pole replace as Archbishop of Canterbury and why?

Cranmer as he is protestant

What couldn’t happen until the issue of Church lands was resolved?

There could not be a religious settlement in England

What view did the councillors have?

No foreigner could pass law over English property

Who did the councillors oppose?

Pole

Who did Mary sympathise with?

Pole

What did Mary threaten to do?

Abdicate

When was the Act of Repeal and what did it do?

Jan 1555 and it removed the Royal Supremacy

What did Mary have no choice but to do?

Recognise the statue law her father had passed

How did landowners view pole?

As an object of suspicion

What did the Second Statute of Repeal do?

Denying Catholicism would result in burning

What did this mean for the Pope?

Church lands returning to the pope was not part of the deal

How did Pole see his role?

In pastoral terms

What happened to the resources of the church?

Need to be restored

What was being improved?

Quality and quantity of bishops

Why had mary appointed new bishops?

To take their role responsibility and reflect the counter reformation

What did Pole’s legatine synod 1555-56 lay out?

Bishops should stay in their dioceses

Bishops were to preach and more rigorous in administering their parishes

What should each Cathedral have?

A seminary for new recruits to the Priesthood

What did the reformation been effective depend on?

Commitment of each parish

Where was recruitment straightforward?

Catholic Durham or Lancashire

Where was their a variation in faith?

Kent and London

Who was Pope Julius III succeeded by in 1555?

Anti-Spanish Paul IV

What did Paul view Pole as?

A heretic

What did Paul do to Pole in 1557?

Dismiss him as papal legate

What was this a blow to?

Pole’s prestige

What did Mary refuse to do?

Let go of Pole

Who was the new papal legate that Mary didn’t trust?

William Peto

What did Mary refuse to accept?

Peto as a high position in the Church than Archbishop of Canterbury

Whose relationship did this affect?

Mary’s and the Pope