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Religion In Elizabethan England

Logan Hanson

Samantha Rico

Olu Ogidan

Protestant Reformation

Queen Mary I "Bloody Mary" and Catholicsm

Queen Elizabeth I and Protestantism

Will's Religious Preferences

  • Began in 1517 in Saxony

"Here, [for example,] is what Shakespeare, the detached and amused observer of the Human Comedy, has to say about popular religion." -Aldous Huxley

  • 95 Theses on the Power of Efficacies and Indulgences - Martin Luther
  • Reinstated Catholicism and relations to Rome in England during reign
  • She believed in her own faith, but she also believed in religious toleration, and that Catholics and Protestants were both part of the same faith.

Religious Views

Religious Background

  • The separation of the Church of England from Rome under Henry VIII, brought England alongside this broad Reformation movement
  • Shakespeare was born to a loyal catholic family
  • Like most qualities of Shakespeare, Shakespeare's religious views are left to the analysis of ambiguous clues in his writing and life.
  • Hated Protestants and persecuted them
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Reformation of the Roman Catholic Church
  • She wanted a Church that would appeal to both Catholics and Protestants, and did not want to move the Church in a more Protestant direction
  • Catholic Church had been eroded under pressure from King Henry VIII
  • Catholics must decide between their governmental ties and true beliefs
  • Establishes a faithlessness in religion

  • Overthrow the "corrupt" catholic Hierarchy
  • Including the Pope
  • Friar's impulsivenes seems to be a "mockery of religions 'good intentions'"
  • After death lost control of the throne to Queen Elizabeth
  • Catholics didnt want to share the Church
  • Biblical allusions
  • Shakespeare's Father is said to withhold his Catholic sentiment in secret
  • Countless works of analysis have been conducted seeking to explain Shakespeare's religious background, each with perfectly legitament arguments, none which can be proven
  • Shakespeare attended Catholic Grammar School
  • Learned out of the Bible

Elizabeth's Religious Ruling

  • She disagreed with Protestant extremists who wanted to change the ways of the church.
  • They wanted to strip the Church of it's finery, ban choral music, vestments and bell ringing.
  • By 1603, Catholics were the minority and Protestants were the majority.
  • Her chapels were conservative (the crucifix was displayed, and she also liked candles and music). She disliked long Protestant sermons, but also expressed displeasure at some Catholic rituals. She also did not really approve of the clergy marrying but since this was an integral aspect of Protestantism, she had to accept it.

“It has shown us all how our faith, whatever our religion,can inspire us to work together in friendship and peace for the sake of our own and future generations."

  • Restored medieval heresey laws

  • Kill those who don't accept faith, espcially Protestants

  • Repealed any laws that supported Protestantism and established Catholicsm in England

Mary's Religious Policies

Take a Bow

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