Catholic response to Elizabeth’s compromise settlement

Question 1

Attempted to counter - reformation

Answer 1

Society of the jesuits was created in 1540 and it began to send missionaries to England from 1518. Its purpose was to convert the Protestant population to Catholicism

Question 2

Attempted to counter - reformation

Answer 2

France and Spain provided financial assistance to the Jesuits

Question 3

Attempted to counter - reformation

Answer 3

Robert Parsons was another Jesuit missionary that arrived in England in 1580. Parsons To low profile, working privately rather than preaching in public

Question 4

Attempted to counter - reformation

Answer 4

In 1568, William Allen established a seminary at Douai in the Spanish Netherlands to train priests as missionaries

Question 5

Attempted to counter - reformation

Answer 5

Edmund Campion was a Jesuit missionary who arrived in England in 1580. He travelled the country spreading his message. Campion became a wanted man the authorities were convinced he wanted to start a rebellion

Question 6

Popes encouragement to foreign rulers to make war against England

Answer 6

Both France and Spain hoped to that a catholic prince might marry Elizabeth

Question 7

Popes encouragement to foreign rulers to make war against England

Answer 7

Encouraged by the Pope, the kings of France and Spain began to support challenges that Elizabeth’s rule

Question 8

Popes encouragement to foreign rulers to make war against England

Answer 8

France and Spain provided financial support to plots within England