ridolfi plot

Question 1

when was the r plot

Answer 1

1571

Question 2

who was roberto ridolfi

Answer 2

an italian banker from florennce living in england.
he was also one of the popes spies.

Question 3

what was the plan?

Answer 3

• murder E
• launch a spanish invasion
• put MQS on the throne by having her married to DoN

Question 4

what did DoN say his conditions for helping the rebbellion/ leading it?

what happened as a result?

Answer 4

if Phillip II would support it.

phillip told alba to prepare 10,000 men to send to england if necessary

Question 5

who uncovered the plot?
When?

Answer 5

william cecil
he had enough evidence by autumn of 1571 (letters in code) to prove that Norfolk was guilty of plotting against E again

Question 6

when was norfolk executed

Answer 6

june 1572

Question 7

what did E do to mqs?

Answer 7

nothing xx

Question 8

why was this plot significant?

Answer 8

-reinforced the catholic threat (and by MQS)

• reinforced the spanish threat, especially as the persecution of protestants under alba in the netherlands was increasinng. so anxietry ab spains intentions towards towards E increased
• it led e to seek improved relkations with france

Question 9

what did catholics do from 1574 in order to keep catholicism alive in england

what happened as a result? ( reaction from government agents)

Answer 9

smuggle catholic priests into england

this led to government agents increasingly keeping english catholics udner surveillance.
homes where priests were suspected to be staying were raided

any priests caught risked being hanged, drawn and quartered, althought not all were

as a result, secret hiding places called priest holes were made.

Question 10

what was parliaments retaliation to the catholic priests and priest holes

Answer 10

in 1581

-passed 2 laws against catholics

• recusants would now be fined £20 (this would bankrupt most families)
• attempting to convert people to catholicism was now treason