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why were puritans not hugely popular?

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they saw themselves as better and more godly than everyone else

2
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what were the 2 main characteristics of laudianism?

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rejection of predestination and more emphasis on ritual and ceremony

3
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what were some of the laudian measure imposed?

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communion table moved and railed off as altar, increased emphasis on ceremony and music in services, more decoration and iconography, removal of gentry’s ornamental pews, ministers wore vestments

4
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what was included in the new altar policy?

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communion table alligned north(where catholic altar would have been), chancel area seperated by a rail, altar covered in embroidered cloth

5
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what was the reissued book of sports?

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activities, sports and dancing encourages on sundays - puritans saw this as an attack as they believed sundays were godly days

6
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what were feoffees for impropriations?

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banned in 1633 - organisation of puritans who raised money to control the appointment of clergy in parishes to establish puritan preachers

7
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what were visitations?

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where bishops visited parishes to report on levels of conformity and also inspected the physical conditions of churches

8
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what impact did charles’ support of laudianism lead to?

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a catholic conspiracy mentality - many believed he was being influenced by catholics at court - fear being driven by fear of puritans

9
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what year were laud’s measures made law?

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1640

10
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what were the main aims of puritans?

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wanted catholic influence removed from the church, focussed on importance of bible and placed religion at the centre of life

11
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what were arminian and laudian measures seen as?

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too close to catholicism

12
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what happened with st greg’s case?

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family pews were moved and the moving of the communion table as a result of laudian measures caused offence - parishioners were brought before the privy council as a test case

13
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what happened with john williams?

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imprisoned for criticising altar policy - regarded as too catholic for puritans

14
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what happened with prynne, burton and bastwick?

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they were puritans who criticised church policy and were fined £5000 each, ears were cropped, and imprisoned for life

15
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why was the prynne, burton and bastwick case so controversial?

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all were from respectable careers and not many had actually read their criticisms - punishment was seen as too harsh

16
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what happened with john lilburne?

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found guilty by star chamber of printing unlicensed literature - was fined, publicly humiliated and imprisoned but he continued to write

17
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why was the imposition of laudianism so contested in scotland?

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scotland was largely prebyterian and saw the measures as too catholic

18
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what was the act of revocation?

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where charles took land from scottish elite to support the church in scotland

19
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what was the impact of the act of revocation?

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alienated landowners and united them against charles

20
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what happened in 1633?

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charles went to be crowned king of scotland and had a more catholic ceremony

21
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what else did charles do around the time of his coronation in 1633?

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introduced the rank of bishop, made st giles a cathedral and announced a new prayer book

22
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what was introduced in the canon laws of 1636?

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altar had to be against the east wall of the chancel, minsters had to wear supplice when doing communion, ministers had to read from the new prayer book

23
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how were the canon laws of 1636 imposed?

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royal prerogative but the general assembly/scottish parliament also had a say in it

24
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when was the new prayer book imposed in scotland?

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1637

25
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what was the result of the imposition of the new prayer book?

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led to a conflict in st giles cathedral when the priest started reading from the prayer book as it was seen as too close to catholicism and ultimately triggered the scottish rebellion which triggered the civil war

26
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why did millenarians believe they were right?

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saw the political crisis as a sign that the world was ending and that judgement day was nigh