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GCSE History · key term
Orders issued under the monarch’s authority; those of 1559 gave instructions for implementing Elizabeth’s religious changes.
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Paper 2
Revise: The Religious SettlementThe Royal Injunctions of 1559 supplied further instructions for putting the settlement into practice. Clergy were required to teach that the queen governed the Church, and preachers needed licences. Pilgrimages and the promotion of supposed or ‘fake’ miracles were banned, restricting practices associated with Catholic worship.
Paper 3
Official orders directing clergy to carry out particular religious policies.
Revise: Religious Policy and the Impact on Parish ChurchesRoyal injunctions in 1536 and 1538 also challenged pilgrimage and devotion to images that reformers condemned as superstitious.
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