Mary's Reign 1553-1558

Question 1

Catholic Reforms 1553-58

Answer 1

• Act of Repeal 1553, (set back to 1547)
• Return to Papal Authority
• 2nd Act of Repeal (back to before break w/ Rome, 1529)
• Heresy laws, 1555

Question 2

Wyatt’s Rebellion 1554

Answer 2

• Rebellion to the marriage of Mary I and Phillip of Spain.
• English people felt alienated by Spaniards
• Wyatt emphasized their fear of Spaniards, saying they’d steal everything
• Raised around 4,000 men.
• Norfolk’s troops deserted to his cause.

Question 3

How/ why did Mary cause political instability?

Answer 3

• Mary’s marriage to Phillip of Spain –> 1554 Wyatt’s Rebellion
• Mary’s gender –> leading army, marriage
• Englishman = factional problems, foreign king = foreign influence
• Catholicism -> against the tide in mid 16th Century England