ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
A
Protestantism and Catholicism
B
Voodoo and Catholicism
C
Catholicism and Spiritism
D
Voodoo and Wicca
E
Wicca and Protestantism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some Elizabethans were strong supporters of the Protestant reformation, some were staunchly Catholic, some were ambivalent, and some still practiced a stricter form of Christianity, Puritanism.

Detailed explanation-2: -The established religion under Elizabeth was Protestant, so the English did not acknowledge the authority of the Pope in Rome: the English monarch was to be the overall leader of the Church of England, but not a spiritual authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -Restoration England was afflicted by religious conflict. A series of Acts of the early 1660s restored the Church of England and enforced harsh penalties against those who refused to be members.

Detailed explanation-4: -When Elizabeth came to the throne in 1558 her people were divided by religion. Her sister, Mary, had made Roman Catholicism the official religion of the country, but many of the people were Protestant . There was also a growing number of Puritans .

Detailed explanation-5: -The Latin portion of the Catholic Church, along with Protestantism, comprise the three major divisions of Christianity in the Western world.

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