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There were several plots, rebellions and other disastrous events that led to Elizabeth changing her policy towards Catholics. Many of these were set off by Mary, Queen of Scots’ arrival in England in May 1658 when she fled from Scotland. This strong Catholic provided a figurehead for English Catholics to rally around and her arrival triggered a number of rebellions and plots.…
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Upon her succession in 1558, Elizabeth I faced financial problems as well as many other major problems. One such problem was Elizabeth’s gender. In 1558, England had only experience the rule of one female monarch, Mary I, who had fuelled England’s belief that females could not be sufficient rulers of countries. Mary had fuelled this belief by being £300,000 in debt by the end of her reign, being in a war with France, murdering around 300 people due to her religious beliefs and marrying foreign royalty which handed her husband (Phillip II of Spain) joint rule over England. These problems made England believe that women were not capable of ruling countries adequately. The main issue England had with female monarchs was that they ‘needed’ to marry and in Mary I’s case, this meant that England became an ally of Spain (as she married Phillip II of Spain) and…
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Charles V of Spain wanted to marry Mary to his child Philip II of Spain, who was also a Catholic, but before Philip travelled to England, it was a rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt against Mary. He had the intention to kill Mary and then crown Elizabeth. By this time Elizabeth was ordered to go to London fearing that she would be implicated in the rebellion, but despite the order, she did not go. There were rumours of Elizabeth supporting the revolt. Mary wanted to believe Elizabeth was guilty because, according to Abigail Archer, for Mary, Elizabeth represented a continuing threat.…
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All substantial threats to Elizabeth’s position as Queen were symptoms of the tension between Catholicism and Protestantism. The threats posed by Mary Queen of Scots, as well as those of the Spanish Armada of 1588 and the war with Spain (which dominated the last twenty years of Elizabeth’s reign), were consequences of a Catholic desire to gain supremacy in England. However, the extent to which the Catholic threat was centred on Mary Queen of Scots is debateable. Whilst she was undoubtedly a figurehead for Catholic opposition to Elizabeth’s rule and was the monarchical figure around whom several treasonous plots were designed, there is much evidence for the view that Mary became a focal point for a Catholic threat that would have existed even if she had been absent. The extent to which the structure given to the Catholic cause by Mary’s presence strengthened the Catholic threat is also debateable. There were others who could have become the rallying point for Catholic opposition (as Philip II of Spain did after Mary’s death), although none had as good a claim to the throne as Mary. A great threat was presented by Catholic opposition to Elizabeth’s rule, but Mary’s influence over this, and therefore the threat that she posed as an individual, may be called into question.…
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King Philip II of Spain was murdered on September 1, 1598, although there were many suspects from all over the world, a few stood out and were connected to each other. During the time of King Philip II’s reign, Spain was in an ongoing power struggle with another powerful country, England. Due to the power struggle, Philip and Queen Elizabeth of England weren’t on good terms, constantly trying to invade the other’s country, in order to rise as the most powerful country of Europe. Just a few years before the death of Philip, on August 8th, 1558, the Spanish Armada took place, where he wanted to send a fleet of 130 ships, in order to take over England and make them completely Catholic, once again. However, the Spanish fleet was defeated and Elizabeth…
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