Rebellions and Plots

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  • Rebellions
    • Northern Rebellion
      • Duke of Norfolk
      • illegal Catholic Mass
        • Northumberland and Westmoreland
      • Kept Mary under close watch and disallowed her to marry the duke of Norfolk
        • Norfolk therefore left the Royal Court and headed North.
          • Began to rebel against Elizabeth
          • Began a march with 4600 men
            • captured and arrested
    • Essex Rebellion
      • Earl of Essex
      • won Elizabeth's admiration and respect during Spanish Armada
      • made a truce with Ireland behind the Queen's back
      • was determined to remove Robert Cecil from power
        • his long term rival
        • he took 4 of the Queen's privy Councillors and marched to London House
      • consequences
        • put on trial and excecuted
        • identified many members of the rebellion
          • Elizabeth allowed him to be executed privately instead of publicly
    • Ridolfi Plot
      • Duke of Norfolk
        • came back after being arrested to be under house arrest
          • started planning the next plot
            • worked with Roberto Ridolfi
      • the plan was for the Netherlands to invade England at the same time as another northern rebellion
      • Elizabeth to be murdered and then Mary to replace her on the throne
      • plot was uncovered by the spy network
    • Why they failed
      • Elizabeth had a good spy network
        • Francis Walsingham
      • Francis Walsingham
      • many were happy with religious settlement
      • there were bad alternatives for a queen. It would be left to a foreign monarch which was not very appealing
      • there were severe punishments that everyone was made aware of
        • EG. public excecutions
      • she was a skilled politician that used parliament for help but made it very clear where their power ended

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