Mary Queen Of Scoot Essay

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Mary Queen of Scot’s entry into England proposed a serious problem for Elizabeth, interrupting her ten year period of good fortune and forcing her to leave for modest approach for actin. So severe was the threat Mary brought that factors as far from England as the Pope where forced into Tutor politics, turning Elizabeth’s moderate government into a war council over religion. The reason Mary was so challenging was because of the number of area in which Mary could cause issues with the current government, not only with regards to religion, but questioning her legitimacy to be on the throne and whether she could really rule the country as she had now for ten years. Mary posed a particular threat to Elizabeth because of the uncertain and actual …show more content…

Taking over from her Catholic sister Mary, Elizabeth had taken the country on a ten year process of slowly removing the Catholic translons from churches all around the country, and reinstating the more Protestant believes seen in the times of Edward. This change came at large cost, alienating England from the majority of Europe and the largest powers in the world, and creating enemies with many influence leader such as the Pope. This was a challenge not only because of the power they had religious, with the ability to excommunicate the entire nation, but because it could easily inspire religious war with Catholic nations such as Spain or France. Religion under Elizabeth also made challenges in the amount of Catholic (or previously Catholic) subjects that remained in England, as it was an ever looming threat of a religious rebellion from her own people. This can be seen true in the emphasised use of religion to round up peasants to join the cause of the Nobles in the Rebellion of the Northern Earls, which was not itself religiously motivated, but used the loss of Catholicism to raise support against the Queen in an attempt to replace her with Marry Queen of Scots. Plans like these could only be accomplished after the arrival of Mary Queen of Scots however because, she was Catholic and provided a realistic alternative to

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