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The Mid Tudor Crisis in Wales and England c.1529-1570

Catholic restoration and persecution under Mary

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Overview

Laws that made the burnings possible and three Protestant martyrs burned in Wales.

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Who was Reginald Pole?

Key term

What happened in November 1554?

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Name the laws that made the burnings possible.

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  1. 1

    State what the first Statute of Repeal of 1553 did.

    Model answer

    It swept away the religious legislation of Edward VI's reign and restored worship as it had been at the death of Henry VIII.

  2. 2

    Why was papal authority not restored in England immediately in 1553?

    Model answer

    Parliament and the landowners would not accept it until they were assured that they could keep the former monastic lands they had bought.

  3. 3

    Who was Reginald Pole?

    Model answer

    Mary's kinsman, papal legate and from 1556 Archbishop of Canterbury, who directed the reconciliation of England with Rome.

  4. 4

    What happened in November 1554?

    Model answer

    Pole formally absolved the realm and received England back into communion with Rome.

  5. 5

    Outline what the second Statute of Repeal of 1555 achieved.

    Model answer

    It repealed the Henrician religious legislation and restored papal supremacy, while confirming the holders of former monastic land in their possession.

  6. 6

    Name the laws that made the burnings possible.

    Model answer

    The medieval heresy laws, revived by Parliament in 1554.

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