1. How far do you agree with this statement?
‘Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement was dictated by the House of Commons.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
‘Elizabeth I’s Religious Settlement was dictated by the House of Commons.’
How far do you agree with this statement?
Introduction – what the Religious Settlement was, what Elizabeth’s opinion personally and as a monarch was about religion in 1558, and an outline of the historical debate surrounding the passing of the Religious Settlement in 1559.
Agreement with the statement
Include explicit reference to the school of thought which agrees with the statement
Disagreement with the statement
Include explicit reference to the school of thought which disagrees with the statement
Overall conclusion – sum up the main argument and reach a judgement about the strongest school of thought
Introduction – what the Religious Settlement was, what Elizabeth’s opinion personally and as a monarch was about religion in 1558, and an outline of the historical debate surrounding the passing of the Religious Settlement in 1559.
Agreement with the statement
Include explicit reference to the school of thought which agrees with the statement
Disagreement with the statement
Include explicit reference to the school of thought which disagrees with the statement
Overall conclusion – sum up the main argument and reach a judgement about the strongest school of thought

2. What problems did the Elizabethan Religious Settlement cause?
To explain what Protestants believed were problems with the Religious Settlement.
To assess how serious these problems were for Elizabeth.
CONVOCATION – what is it?
Matthew Parker
Archbishop of Canterbury
Edmund Grindal
Archbishop of Canterbury
John Whitgift
Archbishop of Canterbury

3. * To explain what Protestants believed were problems with the Religious Settlement.
* To assess how serious these problems were for Elizabeth.
What problems did the Elizabethan
Religious Settlement cause?
What did the Religious Settlement state?
What did Elizabeth also introduce by 1563?
What problems did the Religious Settlement SOLVE by 1563?
By 1563, was the Church of England more conservative than Elizabeth would have wished?

4. How big a problem was each one?
* To explain what Protestants believed were problems with the Religious Settlement.
* To assess how serious these problems were for Elizabeth.
What problems did the Elizabethan
Religious Settlement cause?
For each of the following, decide what happened/what the issue was and why it can be argued that it was a problem caused by the Religious Settlement.
Quality of the clergy
Confusion over doctrine (39 Articles)
Marian exiles (The Advertisements)
Catholic concern over ‘Supreme Governor’
Vestments Controversy
How big a problem was each one?

5. What problems did the Elizabethan Religious Settlement cause?
* To explain what Protestants believed were problems with the Religious Settlement.
* To assess how serious these problems were for Elizabeth.
What problems did the Elizabethan
Religious Settlement cause?
What happened
Outcome / how was it resolved or ended
Why was it caused by the Religious Settlement?
Quality of the clergy
Confusion over doctrine (39 Articles)
Marian exiles (The Advertisements)

6. What problems did the Elizabethan Religious Settlement cause?
* To explain what Protestants believed were problems with the Religious Settlement.
* To assess how serious these problems were for Elizabeth.
What problems did the Elizabethan
Religious Settlement cause?
What happened
Outcome / how was it resolved or ended
Why was it caused by the Religious Settlement?
Catholic concern over ‘Supreme Governor’
Vestments Controversy