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I. Elizabethan and Jacobean England:

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The Jacobean regime’s settlement of the Church of England was not one that was wholly unfamiliar to the citizens of England. This was because the settlement under James was one that was very close to that of Elizabeth. This continuity of the protestant settlement of the English church was very important in promoting protestant order and civility within not only the church, but society as well. Major aspects of this continuity include the persecution of Catholics, attempts to make the godly conform, and the use and expansion of the Book of Common Prayer.

In order to foster a feeling of community, civility, and order amongst the majority of a population, many times a minority of the population is demonized. This happened to some extent in England under Elizabeth and James to the Catholics. This is not to say that Catholics did not agitate Protestants, which made them an easy target of the crown. While Elizabeth was queen, there were various plots that attempted to secure the crown for the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots. Such plots included the Throtmorton Plot and the Babington Plot, both of which happened in the 1580s. These ended in the Recusancy Act in 1581, the Bond of Association in 1585, and the Act of Association in 1586. These ended up unifying the people of the England under a Protestant bond against Catholics. James had a similar situation after the Gunpowder Plot and the extension of Recusancy laws. The distrust of the general public for the Catholics is seen rather easily throughout Wallington’s World as Wallington, in many cases, makes reference to not trusting and hating “popery” and Catholics in general. It seems only fair to assume that the England under James and Elizabeth was, for the most part, biased against the Catholics. This anti-Catholic sentiment would have acted as a unifying bond between different sects of Protestantism (the godly and Anglicans).

Another part of the settlement of the Church of England that was constant throughout Elizabeth and James’ reigns was the policy of attempting to make the godly conform to the Anglican Church without giving any concessions to them. It should be noted that Elizabeth did persecute the godly to some degree, for the most part though; she just wanted them to obey and take part in her settlement. For this reason, there are not instances shown where individuals are sought out or fines are given to the godly unless they had been preaching godly material or committed some offense against the Church.

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