Catholicism

Question 1

Define Catholic Opposition:

Answer 1

Any attempt by Catholics to disobey and rebel against Elizabeth’s authority as Supreme Governor of the Church.

Question 2

What year was the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

Answer 2

1569.

Question 3

What triggered the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

Answer 3

The flight of MQS in 1568.

Southerners replacing Northern Lords as Elizabeth did not trust them.

Question 4

Who was involved in the Revolt of the Northern Earls?

Answer 4

The Earl of Northumberland

The Earl of Westmorland

Question 5

When was the Bull of Excommunication?

Answer 5

1570.

Question 6

What effect did the Pope telling Catholics to reject the sovereignty of Elizabeth have?

Answer 6

Political issue as it became a leadership struggle between Elizabeth and the Pope.
Foreign issue as it would have led to hostile relations with other Catholic countries who recognised the Pope’s authority.

Question 7

When was the Throckmorton Plot?

Answer 7

1583.

Question 8

When was the Babbington Plot?

Answer 8

1586.

Question 9

When was the Ridolfi Plot?

Answer 9

1573.

Question 10

What happened in the Babbington Plot?

Answer 10

It was a plan to execute Elizabeth and replace her with MQS.
The plot had direct permission from MQS and Walsingham’s spies recovered the evidence, providing a case for the execution of MQS in 1587.

Question 11

WHAT and WHEN was the Treaty of Joinville?

Answer 11

1584.
A treaty between Philip of Spain and the Catholic League.
Philip agreed to financially support the French Catholic League that was ran by the Guise family.

Question 12

Did the Defeat of the Spanish Armada weaken or strengthen the support for English Catholicism?

Answer 12

Weaken.

Question 13

How many were killed by Walsingham and his Priest Hunters between 1590 and 1603?

Answer 13

53 Priests

35 Catholics

Question 14

Who was William Allen?

Answer 14

Founds the Seminary Priest schools in 1568/69 for the graduates to arrive back at England n 1674 for the Catholic Mission.

Question 15

Who excommunicates Elizabeth?

Answer 15

Pope Pius.

Question 16

Who is Anthony Babbington?

Answer 16

He begins the Babbington Plot as he sees families being fined and attacked and Bishops being killed for their religion.
He was an extremist with contacts in high places and was willing to organise the assassination of Elizabeth and become a Martyr.

Question 17

Who is Edmund Campion?

Answer 17

He was innocent in the eyes of the Catholics.
He was a martyr for openly professing his beliefs as a Jesuit.
He does not get involved with plots however many Jesuits do.

Question 18

What did William Cecil do to control Catholic Opposition?

Answer 18

He was loyal to Elizabeth and managed her Parliament and drew up anti-catholic laws.

Question 19

What did Francis Walsingham do to control Catholic Opposition?

Answer 19

His spies are set up domestically and internationally. He organised interrogations and tortures to protect the Queen and her religion.

Question 20

What year were the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy imposed?

Answer 20

1559.

Question 21

The Act of ………. Imposed a fine for Recusancy in the year………

Answer 21

Uniformity, 1559

Question 22

The Act of ……….. Imposed the Oath of ………. which resulted in the removal of bishops and priests from their offices.

Answer 22

Supremacy, Supremacy.

Question 23

In what decade were Catholic images and altars removed from churches?

Answer 23

1560s

Question 24

In what year was the first Priest killed for introducing the Papal Bull?

Answer 24

1574

Question 25

What was the name of the Seminary Priest that was executed in 1577?

Answer 25

Cuthbert Mayne

Question 26

The Act against Catholic Recusants increased the fines to ………. in the year ………… and made it treason to convert to the Catholic faith.

Answer 26

£20 a month, 1581

Question 27

The Act against Jesuit and Seminary priests was in what year, and what did it mean?

Answer 27

1585.

Made it treason for any Jesuit or Seminary Priest to enter England.

Question 28

When and what was the Bond of Association?

Answer 28

1584.
It aimed to impose law that if Elizabeth was executed, MQS would be killed for treason. The Bond received 1000s of gentry signatures.

Question 29

What two things happened in 1587?

Answer 29

Recusants would now lose 2/3 of their land if they defaulted on fines.
MQS was executed.

Question 30

How many Priest and their helpers were executed or arrested at the hands of Walsingham’s spies in 1588?

Answer 30

31 Priests Killed, and their helpers arrested.

Question 31

What happened in 1593?

Answer 31

Roman Catholics can now only move 5 miles from their homes, and gatherings of Roman Catholics are not allowed.

Question 32

Throughout Elizabeth’s reign, how many Priests and helpers were executed?

Answer 32

130 Priests

62 helpers.