Explain why Catholic threats to Elizabeth 1st increased after 1566
After 1566 Catholic threats to Elizabeth 1st greatly increased, there were many reasons for this. In 1566 the Dutch revolt broke out. This was when the Protestants in the Netherlands rebelled against King Philip of Spain. They rebelled because he tried to introduce the Spanish Inquisition which strongly enforced Catholicism and prosecuted protestants. King Philip sent the Duke of Alba to the Netherlands with a large army to put down the rebellion and execute the protestants. This posed a threat to England because the Netherlands were attacked and defeated because of Protestantism and England was one of the most prominent protestant countries in the world at the time. This meant that there was a risk of attack due to this. The Netherlands is also just across the water from England so the Duke of Alba and his army could easily decide to attack, and probably defeat, England.
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However, In the north of England, a large number of the nobility, gentry, and people remained strong supporters of the Catholic faith and refused to accept Elizabeth’s new laws. When Mary Queen of Scots fled from her own country and came to England to put herself under the protection of Elizabeth, (her cousin, but also enemy and rival) she was a devoted Catholic, and other Catholics considered Mary to have a better claim to the crown of England than Elizabeth, as they viewed her as illegitimate according to the views of the Catholic church, and this new law tried to rule out Catholicism and create a more Protestant balance of the two. The Northern Rebellion took place between November 1569 – January 1570. The main aim of the rebellion was to remove Elizabeth 1st from the throne and to replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. Many English people supported Mary’s claim to the throne as they wanted the country to become Catholic
After 1566 Catholic threats to Elizabeth 1st greatly increased, there were many reasons for this. In 1566 the Dutch revolt broke out. This was when the Protestants in the Netherlands rebelled against King Philip of Spain. They rebelled because he tried to introduce the Spanish Inquisition which strongly enforced Catholicism and prosecuted protestants. King Philip sent the Duke of Alba to the Netherlands with a large army to put down the rebellion and execute the protestants. This posed a threat to England because the Netherlands were attacked and defeated because of Protestantism and England was one of the most prominent protestant countries in the world at the time. This meant that there was a risk of attack due to this. The Netherlands is also just across the water from England so the Duke of Alba and his army could easily decide to attack, and probably defeat, England.
The Spanish were one …show more content…
However, In the north of England, a large number of the nobility, gentry, and people remained strong supporters of the Catholic faith and refused to accept Elizabeth’s new laws. When Mary Queen of Scots fled from her own country and came to England to put herself under the protection of Elizabeth, (her cousin, but also enemy and rival) she was a devoted Catholic, and other Catholics considered Mary to have a better claim to the crown of England than Elizabeth, as they viewed her as illegitimate according to the views of the Catholic church, and this new law tried to rule out Catholicism and create a more Protestant balance of the two. The Northern Rebellion took place between November 1569 – January 1570. The main aim of the rebellion was to remove Elizabeth 1st from the throne and to replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. Many English people supported Mary’s claim to the throne as they wanted the country to become Catholic