Unit 2: Challenges To Elizebeth At Home And Abroad Flashcards
Why were the English catholics a threat to Elizabeth?
They were increasingly under suspicion after the revolt of the northern earls in 1569, in 1570 the pope freed England’s catholics of their duty of obedience to Elizabeth. They called for her to be overthrown In 1574 catholic priests were smuggled into England to keep catholics true to their faith
Why was Spain a threat to Elizabeth?
Phillip 11 of Spain was a strict catholic who wanted to destroy Protestantism, Spain had a large and growing empire in the America’s making it rich and powerful
Why was the Dutch revolt a threat to Elizabeth?
Phillip persecuted Dutch Protestants leading to a revolt in 1566, this lasted decades. Elizabeth showed support for the Protestant rebels this was an important reason for worsening the anglo-Spanish relations
Why did the revolt of the northern earls happen?
It occurred because Elizabeth had introduced Protestantism into England. Loyal Catholics took issue with this as the earls lost great deal of influence at the royal court. Many earls feared the queen and her influence. Many wanted Mary queen of Scot’s instead
Who were the key people in the revolt of the northern earl?
-Thomas Percy earl of northumberland
-Charles Neville earl of Westmorland
-Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk
Who was Thomas Percy?
He was a catholic, he had an important position at court under Mary 1 however he lost a lot of his influence when Elizabeth came into power as she favoured new Protestant gentry. He had also lost the rights to valuable mines on his land
Who was Charles Neville?
He was from an important catholic family in the north of England, he was also the Duke of norfolks brother in law
Who was Thomas Howard?
He was one of England most senior bogies and a Protestant. However he had close links to northern catholic familys, he didn’t like Elizabeth’s new comers like Robert Dudley. He planned to marry himself to Mary but later backed down
Why did the revolt of the northern earls fail?
The Spanish t
