1. Assess the validity of this view
Independently on a whiteboard, write down how you would structure this question.
“‘Foreign policy was the key reason for the consolidation of Henry VII’s authority”
Assess the validity of this view

2. TASK: Get your homework out ready to debate!
What were Elizabeth’s motives in establishing her Religious Settlement? Class Debate!
Elizabeth inherited a nation that had suffered religious instability between Protestantism and Catholicism for many years. Wanting to get rid of the uncertainty of the three previous reigns, she introduced a religious settlement in 1559 which formed the foundations of the Church of England.
However, it was unclear what Elizabeth really wanted, or what her motives were in establishing this settlement. Was Elizabeth intending to sort this out by political means, or was religion the major focus in her mind?
Kagan?
3 and 4 = flipped learning
2 = Haigh
1 = McCulloch
10 minutes silent reading time
10 minutes to share findings
TASK: Get your homework out ready to debate!
JUDGEMENT: The main motivation behind Elizabeth’s religious settlement

3. JUDGEMENT: The main motivation behind Elizabeth’s religious settlement
What were Elizabeth’s motives in establishing her Religious Settlement? Class Debate!
POINT SYSTEM
Give a reason why your argument is right +1
Use specific evidence +2
Explain why your evidence, supports your argument
Find flaws/problems with the other sides ideas +3
Use information from the article(s) +4
Haven’t spoken by the end of the debate -1
Shout out -2
JUDGEMENT: The main motivation behind Elizabeth’s religious settlement

4. Is this the start or end of religious reform for Elizabeth?
The Historian
Viewpoint
Sir John Neale
Elizabeth was pressured into a more radically protestant settlement by the Puritan Choir in the House of Commons.
W.P. Haugaard
Elizabeth saw the settlement as final.
Norman Jones
Elizabeth was pressured into a more conservative settlement by the Bishops in the House of Lords
Peter Lake
Two speeded view:
Elizabeth – defined the relationship between the church and crown
Ministers – establishment of a true Church in England
Unconvinced
Convinced
JUDGEMENT: The main motivation behind Elizabeth’s religious settlement

5. Elizabeth: Reactions to the Settlement
Today’s Topic
Elizabeth: Reactions to the Settlement
Based on this weeks flipped learning and the topic of today’s lesson, what do you think the purpose of this lessons should be?
What do you need to know (facts about…)?
What do you need to be able to explain?
What do you need be able to come to a judgement on?
Know
Key groups which reacted against Elizabeth’s settlements
Explain
How different groups opposed Elizabethan religion
Judgement
How far were these groups a threat to Elizabethan religion?
How far did intellectual and religious ideas change and develop and with what effects?

6. Know key groups which reacted against Elizabeth’s settlements
Before we look at reactions to Elizabethan religion, it is vital that we all understand the different religious denominations in England at the same time.
We have already looked at how Christianity divided into Protestants and Catholics.
However, it is important to understand that there were different types of Protestants in England during Elizabeth’s reign.
Know key groups which reacted against Elizabeth’s settlements

7. Elizabeth: Religious Opposition
Create either a graphic organiser that:
Explains how Puritans/Presbyterians/Catholics opposed Elizabethan religion
Rank each instance out of 10 based on their challenge to Elizabeth’s church.
Puritans
Presbyterians
Catholics
1566: Vestiarian Controversy
p.226
Separatists
p.228
Decline of Puritan’s
1572: Admonitions
p.227
Cartwright vs. Whitgift
High ranking supporters
Grindal vs. Queen
pp.112-3
1580’s Presbyterian Synods
1583: Whitgift attack
Penal laws (1571/81/85)
p.229
Catholic Missions (various)
p.230
Catholic Plots (various) p
Explain how different groups opposed Elizabethan religion

8. Use the fish diagram to plan an answer to this question.
‘The Elizabethan religious settlement was successfully established in the years 1558 to 1603.’
Assess the validity of this view.
Use the fish diagram to plan an answer to this question.
Judge how far were these groups a threat to Elizabethan religion?

9. Flipped Learning??
Elizabeth’s dominant place in British history is above all assured by the establishment and defence of the 1559 Protestant settlement – the English Prayer Book and Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion – which remains the basis of the Church of England today. Due to her determination, the Church of England remained sufficiently flexible and moderate. Elizabethan prisoners, for example, could take communion standing, siting of kneeling, depending on the preferences of the community and its minister. Elizabeth would have no truck with those zealous protestants who attempted to introduce a more austere [puritan] discipline. In consequence, notwithstanding the strength of Catholic opinion at the outset of her reign, the Protestant form of worship imposed by her Act of Uniformity gained popularity over time and became embedded in the English culture.
Susan Doran, ‘Elizabeth I’, BBC History magazine, vol.12 no.8 (2011)