elizabeth foreign policy MQS Flashcards
why was mary a threat from a young age?
she was catholic and an heir to the english throne
why was marys marriage to darnley a disaster for elizabeth?
Darnley was the great grandson of henry vii and so made marys claim to the throne even stronger
they even had a child, james. together who would have been raised catholic a direct claimant to the thrones
why was mary’s marriage to darnley not too large of a threat?
she got pregant with her rumoured secretary and lover rizzio
she then took another lovel bothwell when darnely was murderd which it was probale that mary was involved in
made her unpopular in scotland and england
why was mary’s imprisonment an issue
she became a focal point for catholics and nobels to plot to dispose elizabeth:
throckmortion, northen rebellion, radolfi, babbington
when was the northern rebellion
1569
who was involved in the northern rebellion plot
de spes, mary, earl of norfolk
what were the events of the northern rebellions
didn’t amount to much because duke of albany wouldn’t commit troops to support until the english rebelled
other northern earls took durham and held a catholic service there then moved south where their troops melted under weight of elizabeths
how many people were involed and how many died
800 mostly peasents involed all of which were hanged
why was the northern rebellion a succsess
elizabeth took tighter control over the north reinstating the council of the north under leadership of puritan huntingdon
what was the aim of the northern rebellion?
to make mary the offcial heir whilst elizabeth continued to be queen
NOT A LARGE THREAT THEY DIDNT WANT TO KILL HER
when was the radolfi plot?
1571
what was the aim of the radolfi plot?
to get rid of elizabeth and put mary, married to norfolk, on the throne
why did the radolfi plot fail
cecil gathered intelligence onthe plot and through hsi network of informers and torture the leaders were arrested
norflox found guilty and sentenced to death
when did the catholic threat towards elizabeth intensify?
1580 when the pope states that anyone who assainated elizabeth with the intention of doing gods serivce wouldnt count as a sin but merit
from then catholic preists joined jesuit missionaires
when was the throckmorton plot?
1583-84
who was involved with the throckmorton plot
throckmorton, mary and mendoza
why did the throckmorton plot fail
mendoza troutured and reveal details of the plot
made war with spain grow increasingly more likely
when was the babbington plot?
1586
what makes the babbington plot different to all the others?
it didn’t have foreign support and it actually wanted to kill her not just dispose
what did mary famously say to start the plot?
‘put the men to work’ referencing the murder to elizabeth
why was mary reluctant in 1586 to kill mary
- very afraid of a spanish war
- kepts coming up with flimisy excuses about not wanting to kill another female ruler and didn’t want to create beef with france
when did mary get executed
executed in 1587 liz signed the death warrant but was increasingly reluctant to sign it and davidson did it behind her back
