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When did Mary reign? |
1553 - 1558 |
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Why were women unacceptable as a monarch? |
* Hysteria * Incapable of leading an army * When married, the husband would take over * Weaken the monarchy bc belief that women were inferior to men * Couldn't make rational decisions |
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Did the marriage of Mary to Philip of Spain cause a crisis? Make people more against Mary? |
* Spanish marriage tearing kingdom apart * Wyatt aimed to depose Mary and place Elizabeth on throne * Philip was a foreigner * Rebellions & plots * Political instability * Drag England into Hapsburg Wars * Fear that Philip would take control of country * Nobles feared they would lose influence/positions of authority * Spaniards would overrun country * Fear that country would bc Catholic again |
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Why were people against Mary taking the throne? |
* She was a woman * Catholic |
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Why did they want her on throne? |
* legitimate heir - God's will * in Henry's will * wanted to return to Catholicism |
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Why couldn't Mary enforce Catholicism immediately? |
* London was very Protestant & she was living there * Wasn't going to tolerate extreme Protestants, wanted obedience * English Prayer Books - people could still practice Protestantism |
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What was the reaction to the persecution of Protestants? |
* Many saw it as entertainment * Some people who sympathized with the victims but didn't stop it |
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Evidence that England was becoming Catholic again? |
* Restoration of the Parish churches * End pluralism and nepotism * Catholic New Testament * new Book of Homilies * seminaries to be established * Catholic worship returned speedily * Changes were welcomed by many * Parishioners committed large sums of money to process of restoration * Swift establishment of mass |
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Evidence that there were still elements of Protestantism? |
* Protestant literature was hard to control eg. English bible * Second Prayer Book meant that Protestant underground could be sustained * slow process to restore Catholicism |
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Why did Northumberland lunch the Lady Jane Grey plot? |
* he was P, didn't want Mary on throne * loses power and influence if M is Queen * LJG married to his son = power & influence * Religious changes will be undone * thought he'd have backing of elite (bc they had benefited from dissolution of monasteries) * Fear of a female ruler (LJG was plan B) |
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Why did the Wyatt rebellion 1554 fail? |
* Mary's marriage to Philip * Hatred of foreigners * Hapsburg-Valois wars * fears that Mary would be dominated by Philip * fears of Spaniards - patronage * Religion - wanted Protestant monarch * losing influence, money & power under Mary |
