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Explanation:
Religion became a very divisive factor in people’s lives in England when Protestant ideas challenged the dominance of the Catholic Church of Rome. Elizabeth offered a ‘middle way’ compromise.
By 1568 Elizabeth’s new religious settlement had been in place for nearly a decade. Her approach had been to avoid the kind of traumatic extremism of the reigns of her brother Edward VI and her sister Mary I
he 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. However, there were some actual religious practices that were very similar to the Catholic Church, including the celebration of the mass (also known as Holy Communion) and the priests’ wearing of vestments.
