Catholics, Threat or dealt well with?

Question 1

Key arguments

Answer 1

Elizabeth lives a long life when people lived short lives. The situation in 1558 was not the same as in 1589 or 1603
Many Catholics were waiting to see if she died young
Catholics were not close to being successful. The fear of Elizabeth dying suddenly, then Mary becoming Queen as well as massacres in England was real

Question 2

Mary Stuart

Before her arrival what was the catholic threat like

Answer 2

There are no issues with Catholics

Question 3

Mary Stuart

what was the northern rebellion an attempt to do and when was it

Answer 3

it is an attempt to make MQS queen in 1569

Question 4

Mary Stuart

How is the Northern rebellion put down

Answer 4

they run away as the Earl of Sussex’s army approaches

Question 5

Mary Stuart

How many plots are there to make MQS queen

Answer 5

there are 3 poorly organised plots

Question 6

Mary Stuart

When is Mary executed and what for

Answer 6

She was executed in 1587 for her role in the Babington plot

Question 7

Mary Stuart

What do spain try to do after MQS is executed

Answer 7

They try to invade england

Question 8

What dates do parliament pressure Elizabeth to execute Mary

Answer 8

in 1568, 1572 and 1587

Question 9

The Papal Bull

Who was it issued by and when

Answer 9

Pope Pius V in 1570

Question 10

The Papal Bull

What did the Papal Bull do

Answer 10

It absolved all Catholics from having to obey Elizabeth’s laws

Question 11

The Papal Bull

what did Elizabeth do to counter the Papal Bull

Answer 11

Made it an act of treason to have a copy (treason act 1571)

Question 12

The Papal Bull

Who was the first man executed for having a copy of the Papal Bull and what date

Answer 12

John Felton in 1571

Question 13

The Papal Bull

What did the Papal Bull do for Catholicism

Answer 13

Made people link Catholicism to treason

Question 14

Priests coming to England

Who set up a seminary and where was it. What type of people went there?

Answer 14

William Allen set up a seminary in Douai for Catholics. Vey intelligent people.

Question 15

Priests coming to England

How many Douai priests arrived in England and how many were executed under the treason act

Answer 15

279 arrived in England and 27 were executed

Question 16

Priests coming to England

Who was the first Douai priest executed

Answer 16

Cubbart Mayne

Question 17

Priests coming to England

What were the Jesuits and how many arrived in England

Answer 17

The Jesuits were a Spanish order of priests set up to fight Protestantism. Around 600 arrived in England.

Question 18

Priests coming to England

How many Jesuits were executed, How many were imprisoned and how many died in prison

Answer 18

There were 133 Jesuits executed, 300 were imprisoned, about 100 died in prison.

Question 19

Priests coming to England

What was the population England at the time

Answer 19

around 4 million

Question 20

The situation abroad

How many were executed in the St Bartholomew days massacre and when was it

Answer 20

In 1572 between 3000-30000, protestants were massacred in France

Question 21

The situation abroad

When did a Catholic assassinate the Dutch protestant leader and who was it

Answer 21

in 1584 a Catholic assassinated the Dutch Protestant leader, William of Orange

Question 22

The situation abroad

Who were the Spanish fighting from which date and who did England support

Answer 22

The Spanish were fighting the Dutch from 1568 onwards. The English backed the Dutch

Question 23

The situation abroad

When was the Spanish armada

Answer 23

1588

Question 24

The situation abroad what did all these things make people link catholicism to

Answer 24

Violence