History 2405E Lecture : Lecture 44 – The Reign of Elizabeth - Early Years
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she is not going to torture people to find out what their beliefs are y options: anglo-catholicism, catholicism. works only when most people hate the pope but love the mass. could have been continued, but would stop the burnings. could have reconciled with the pope and get him to recognize her legitimacy. get recognition fro the two roman catholic monarchs philip of. but it does involve accepting the pope has her religious superior y not to her taste. If she does go for catholicism, would betray protestants y very vocal protestants, were putting all their hopes in: protestantism. would have to be passed through parliament, precedence set by her father, henry viii. met in 1559 y process: puritan choir. protestants flooding back from exile on the continent during the reign of mary. all wanted protestantism restored as quickly as possible. quite a few are elected to parliament.