Set the direction for the future of the Church of England
Preparation of the authorised King James version of the bible (1611)
âNo bishop no Kingâ
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Treaty of London, April 1604
James I ends the Anglo Spanish War
\ Marked a shift from conflict between Catholic Spain and Protestant England - James wanted to be a peacemaker (rex pacificus)
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Richard Bancroft becomes Archbishop of Canterbury, December 1604
* enforced rules contained in Anglican prayer book * opposition to Puritanism * defence of hierarchy in the Church
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The Gunpowder Plot
Failed attempt to assassinate James I during the opening of Parliament in 1605
Aims? Kill Protestant king and establish catholic rule in England
Significance ?
Intensified Protestant suspicions of Catholics and led to the rigorous enforce of the recusancy law
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King James I Bible
significant political vehicle which enforced the kingâs authority
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Abbott raised to the position of Archbishop of Canterbury
* introduces a more moderate approach to Puritan concerns within the Church * Abbott had no objection to the widespread objection to the practice of lay impropriation.