Elizabethan religious settlement

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The Elizabethan religious settlement was the series of laws and policies under Queen Elizabeth I that established the Church of England as a moderate Protestant church, defining English religious life for generations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
religious policy
religious settlement
aimedTo establish religious uniformity
reduce religious conflict
stabilize the English church
allowed some traditional ceremonies and ornaments
appliesToJurisdiction Church of England
architect Elizabeth I of England
compromiseBetween Protestantism
Roman Catholicism
country Kingdom of England
defines doctrine of the Church of England
governance of the Church of England
liturgy of the Church of England
established Elizabeth I as Supreme Governor of the Church of England
follows English Reformation
Marian restoration
hasPart Act of Supremacy 1559
Act of Uniformity 1559
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Book of Common Prayer (1559)
Royal Injunctions of 1559
linked to: Acts of Uniformity

Thirty-Nine Articles
historicalPeriod Elizabethan era
linked to: English Renaissance
influenced English religious life for generations
development of Anglicanism
language English
legalBasisFor Anglican state church in England
location England
longTermEffect entrenchment of Protestantism in England
formation of a distinct Anglican identity
marginalization of Roman Catholicism in England
opposedBy English Catholics
Puritans
linked to: Puritanism
penalized recusancy
promotedBy Matthew Parker
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
linked to: Lord Burghley
relatedTo Act of Supremacy 1534
Henrician Reformation
religiousOrientation moderate Protestantism
via media
replaced Papal authority in England
required attendance at Anglican services
use of the Book of Common Prayer in public worship
significantYear 1559
1563
1571
startTime 1559

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Bishops' Bible associatedWith Elizabethan religious settlement
High Commission legalAuthority Act of Supremacy 1559
linked to: Elizabethan religious settlement
Tudor dynasty significantEvent Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Act of Supremacy 1534 repealed Act of Supremacy 1559
linked to: Elizabethan religious settlement
Act of Supremacy 1534 restoredBy Act of Supremacy 1559
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Act of Supremacy 1534 influenced Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Article XVII Of Predestination and Election associatedWith Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Separatists historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
Court of High Commission notableUnder Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Elizabethan religious settlement hasPart Act of Supremacy 1559
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Regnans in Excelsis opposes Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Henry Barrow politicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
English Benedictine community in exile historicalContext Elizabethan religious settlement
Matthew Parker contributedTo Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Act of Uniformity 1559 partOf Elizabethan Religious Settlement
subject linked to: Acts of Uniformity
linked to: Elizabethan religious settlement
Tudor government implementedReform Elizabethan Religious Settlement
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Lord Burghley influenced Elizabethan religious settlement
Lord Burghley associatedWithEvent Elizabethan Religious Settlement
linked to: Elizabethan religious settlement
Nonconformism in England opposedTo establishment of the Church of England
linked to: Elizabethan religious settlement