Successes [M1 Religion]

What was the public mood regarding religion when Mary I took the throne in 1553

There was popular enthusiasm for Catholicism upon Mary’s accession

What did local religious enthusiasm financially enable across English parishes

Produced large sums of money to support popular conservative religious projects

What directive did Mary's government issue to non English religious reformers

Foreign Protestants were ordered to leave England completely

How did Mary purge the higher levels of the Church hierarchy upon her accession

Prominent Protestant clergy were deprived from their positions including 7 bishops

How did Mary legally dismantle the Protestant structures built by her predecessor

Mary successfully repealed the religious reforms that had been passed by Parliament

When did Cardinal Pole return to England and what high office did he hold

Returned in November 1554 as the new Archbishop of Canterbury to help restore Catholicism

What duties were expected of the newly appointed Catholic bishops

Appointed to reside directly in their dioceses and oversee the religious life of their parishes

What major royal title did Mary officially give up in December 1553

Mary relinquished the title of Supreme Head of The Church

What did the restoration of Catholicism prompt among English Protestants in 1554

Triggered a mass exodus of some 800 Protestants from England to the European continent

What proportion of the English priesthood was dismissed for violating celibacy laws

25 percent of the total clergy were deprived for being married

What did the religious demographics of the capital show about Catholic survival

Many people were still Catholic including 80 percent of the population in London

What administrative reforms did Cardinal Pole’s Plan of Action demand from bishops

Encouraged bishops to regularly check on parishes to prevent absenteeism and end corruption

What literary project did Cardinal Pole commission to aid the Catholic restoration

Pole commissioned a newly edited Catholic New Testament though it was never implemented

How did Cardinal Pole attempt to improve clerical education in England

Established seminaries in cathedrals and founded Trinity College at Cambridge and St John’s College at Oxford

What was the primary achievement of the London Synod of 1555

Drew up the 12 Decrees to reform church governance

What rules did the 12 Decrees of 1555 enforce on parish priests

Mandated that all parish priests must be resident could only hold one parish and ended nepotism