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Key Topic 2: Challenges to Elizabeth at home and aboard 1569-88 1-2
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- 1Why did the Revolt of the Northern Earls take place?Restore the Catholic faith.
Restore the political power of the Northern Earls; both in the north and at the court.
Remove 'evil disposed councilors', who were influencing the Queen away form the true faith. - 2The Revolt of the Northern Earls: 9-15 NovemberThe Earls of Northumberland and Westmorland ordered all their tenants, the workers on their lands, to end Elizabeth's rule and restore Catholic religion.The stormed into Cathedral, pushed aside the clergy and destroyed English Bibles. And celebrated Cholholic Mass in the traditional Latin.
However, there was bad news for the Earls. They had appealed for Catholic nobles in Lancashire and Cheshire to help, but these men stayed loyal to Elizabeth and refused to join the revolt. - 3The Revolt of the Northern Earls: 22-30 NovemeberThe rebels marched south to Bramham Moor near York. The Queen had Mary, Queen of Scot moved south to a prison nearer Coventry, to prevent any possible rescue attempt. One rebel captured the port of Hartlepool, hopinh that Spanish troops would land there and support them, but no foreign support was ever sent tot the rebeles.
- 4The Revolt of the Northern Earls: 16-19 DecemberThe royal army reached the River Tees and the rebels fled. The Earls escaped into Scotland, but Northumberland was handed over by the Scots and beheaded. Westmorland managed to escape aboard. Elizabeth ordered the execution of 700 rebels, although the number was reduced to 450.
- 5The Ridolfi Plot: The plotters and their aims.1571
Roberto Ridolfi, The Pope and Philip II of Spain.
Their aim was to overthrow Elizabeth, replace her with Mary, and then restore the Catholic religion. - 6The Ridolfi Plot: What happened?In 1571, Ridolfi traveled to meet Duke of Alva, the commander of the Spanish armies in the Netherlands. He explained to Alva how Spanish army could successfully invade England and that this would cause the English Catholics to rebel. Alva didn't seem to have the same idea because he wrote to Philip II suggesting they should only invade England when Elizebeths overthrew. However, didn't know about this he cared on with his polt.
- 7The Ridolfi Plot: Consequences.The Duke of Norfolk was put on the trail in January 1572 and was found guilty unanimously. He was beheaded. Ridolfi went to Rome and lived there until his death.
Elizabeth expelled the Spanish ambassadors but the relation with Spain didn't decline.
But it increased the fear of a Catholic attack in England. - 8The Throckmorton plot: The plotters and their aims.1583
Invasion Led by French Duke of Guise and financially supported by Philip II of Spain.
Their aim was to free Mary, Queen of Scots and restore the Catholicism in England. - 9The Throckmorton plot: What happened?Throckmorton was under surveillance the end of April 1583, and in June, the government ordered his arrest. when his house was searched, papers were found that incriminated number Catholic noble, as the details of the invasion. After his arrest, he confessed under torture that Mary, Queen of Scot knew about the plots.
- 10The Throckmorton plot: Consequences?Elizabeth expelled the Spanish ambassadors.
Francis Throckmorton was executed in July 1584.
In July 1584, the assassination of William of Orange increaded the governemets fears that Catholics weere seaking to assassinate Elizabeth too. - 11The Babington plot: The plotters and their aims.1586
Anthony Babington
Murder Elizabeth makes Mary, Queen of Scot the Queen. Also to restore Catholicism. - 12The Babington plot: What happened?In July 1586, Babington wrote to Mary, outlining six steps which needed to be taken to free the country from Protestantism. The first our involved planning for a successful invasion by a foreign army, probably Spain, with whom England was now at war. The Fifth was to free Marry and sixth was to kill Elizabeth.
However, because of all the other plots the government had pust spiese in the Marrys house hold and knew all about the plot. - 13The Babington plot: Consequences?Babington and two other conspirators were arrested as they attempted to flee. The rest were rounded up, tried and condemned to death for treason. In September 1586 Mary, Queen of Scot was moved to Fortheringhay Castle, 120 Kilometres from London, to begin her trail.At the end of October, they found Marry guilty of plotting to take Elizabeth's life and recommanded that she should be executed.
- 14Sir WalsinghamWalsingham had an affected network of spies aboard and at home. He made effected of ciphers(codes) for all correspondences, while developing the ability to decipher the decode the activities of the plotters.
- 15Name some of Walsingham methods?Interrogation and torture
Employing a network of spies and agents. - 16The reasons for, and significance of, Mary Queen of Scots’ execution in 1587.Mary's trial took place in October 1586, Elizabeth would not sign her death warrant until 1 st February 1587, and even then she refused to send it, blaming her secretary for its arrival at Fortheringhay.
Mary was executed at Fortheringhay. - 17Religious RivalryThe religious rivalry between the two countries was so great that it seemed to make was inevitable after Elizabeth set up a Protestant Church in1559 and, from the 1570s onward, began to increase penalties against Catholics.
- 18Commercial rivalryBy the 1569s, England and Spain had emerged as trade rivals. Both wanted the raw materials for the New World as well as trading opportunities in Turkey, Europe, Russia, Chian and North African.
The tension was made worse by Spain closed off Antwerp and the Rhine to English traders in English traders, especially those involved in the wool trade.This resulted in English support for the Dutch rebels, making the relations between the two countries deteriorate futher. - 19Privateering and the significance of the activities of DrakeElizabeth, by knighting Drake demonstrated her defiance of and hostility towards Spain's commercial interests in Europe and the New World. Her actions showed her support of the financial losses suffrerd by the Spanish government as a result of privaterring.
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