Many Catholics named her a heretic, and they conspired to kill her to avoid a Protestant revolution in the country. Even the Pope was part of such a conspiracy, for he sent assassins to murder Elizabeth. At one time, the Pope resorted to ex-communicating Elizabeth and he absolved subjects from any oath of allegiance that they might have taken to her. This motivated the Catholic populations’ to find ways to remove Elizabeth from the throne. Mary of Guise, who is a Queen residing in Scotland, sent Elizabeth a dress lined with a deadly poison to kill her.
After the Reformation many Calvinists or Huguenots began to arise in large groups in France. They were referred to as heretics, a person who rejects the Catholic faith. The Roman Catholics began to persecute the Huguenots. Even though the Huguenots were outnumbered they rose up against the Catholics to defend their rights. This upset the Catholics greatly and led to the massive tension between the two groups.
This continued until Henry VIII, so desperate to produce a male heir, broke Papal control over England and named himself Head of the Church that taught an offshoot of Christianity based on the teachings of Martin Luther, the Protestant Church of England. This change did not make much difference, as the main different was the head of the Church and belief about divorce. Many more changes came after Henry died in 1547 and Edward VI became king. Edward, led by his advisors, moved England completely from Catholicism and to Protestantism. He passed laws such as making churches and bishops more plain, services be said in English and creating the Book of Common Prayer in 1549 and a refined version in 1552.
Charles attempted to terminate Parliament, but this was the straw that broke the camel’s back, and now civil war was upon the people of England. It seemed as though Charles I could do nothing right, but its not as though he tried. Up until the end of the English Civil War there had been many disputes over religious,
At the start of Henry VIIIs reign, most of England were Roman Catholic and accepted the Pope as the Head of the Church, but in the 16th century, and so was he until he split off the English Church from the Roman church When the Pope refused to grant Henry VIII a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. He then went on to make himself the spiritual head of the English church rather than the Pope. Henry VIII declared himself supreme head of a new Church of England. (The Act of Supremacy and reformation). The voices of statesmen and of priests extolled his wisdom and power as more than human.
The Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada sailed from Spain in July 1588. The Spanish Armada's task was to overthrow protestant England lead by Queen Elizabeth I. Spain’s king at the time was King Phillip II he wanted to overthrow Queen Elizabeth for many reasons. At the time Spain owned the Spanish Netherlands this is nowadays Holland and Belgium. The majority of Holland didn’t like being catholic and therefore wanted its independence. Many people in Holland had become secret protestants if martyrs had publicly expressed their beliefs then they would’ve been executed.
How far was the Pilgrimage of Grace caused by religious factors? (24) The Pilgrimage of Grace was an uprising in York in October 1536 headed by Robert Aske, a lawyer, protesting the Crown’s break with Rome and the dissolution of the monasteries. There are many factors that contribute to the pilgrimage of grace such as religion, social and economy, and politics. In the Lincoln and Pontefract articles of 1536 many articles clearly held religious meaning, suggesting that the Pilgrimage was caused by religious factors. For example in the Lincoln Articles it states that the rebels wanted “an end to suppression of religious houses” and “bishops in England do not have… the faith of Christ”.
Why was Mary Queen Of Scots executed? Mary, Queen of Scots was executed for many different reasons and in this essay I am going to explain some of the reasons as to why she was executed in 1587. Mary Queen of Scots was a Catholic, and her close relations to the very powerful French court strengthened their powers against England. Elizabeth's first policy towards Scotland was to oppose the French presence there. She feared that the French planned to invade England and put Mary, Queen of Scots, who was in effect the heir to the English crown, on the throne.
He was under leverage from his advisor, the Duke of Northumberland. The young Edward was a supporter of the Protestant faith, although Mary seemed to have hoped at one point he would see the error of his ways and return England to the Church of Rome. Eventually Edward fell ill and died. In the last days of his life Northumberland persuaded him to make the Catholic Lady Jane Grey, Edward’s cousin, otherwise known as the “Nine day Queen” to be next in line as they thought they would have a puppet they could control [although Jane had other ideas about that!]. Mary realized that a plot was being formulated to place Jane on the throne.
The question I am going to be answering is: ‘Why were England and Spain enemies for so long during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?’ To answer this question we need to look at all the evidence available. During the reign of Henry VIII, he decided to break away from the Catholic Church, turning his country into a protestant religion. However this did not impress the Pope and Spain as they thought that every country should be a Catholic country. Both countries were ruling most of the world, the Spanish empire in South America as an example. They were constantly disputing about who had to the Caribbean.