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I need a short list [someone who actually knows about it.] + explanation of the major plots to overthrow/kill Queen Elizabeth I.

Point form if possible something like this.

Name of Plot (Date) : EXPLAIN IT.

I'm having a hard time summarizing them.

I need at least two of the major ones :]

2007-05-14 10:38:13 · 2 answers · asked by Mia92 1 in Arts & Humanities History

2 answers

The four most important known plots against Elizabeth :

The Ridolfi Plot : Roman Catholic plot in 1570 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary I of Scotland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridolfi_Plot

The Throckmorton Plot : an attempt by the Catholics in 1582 to murder Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary Stuart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throckmorton_Plot

The Parry Plot : 1582 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parry_Plot

The Babington Plot : Anthony Babington (1561–1586), a young Catholic nobleman from Derbyshire. John Ballard, a Jesuit priest and Catholic agent, persuaded Babington to become involved in a plot to overthrow and/or murder Queen Elizabeth I of England : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babington_Plot

2007-05-14 11:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0 0

Try googling Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I

If one considered the marriage of Anne Bolyn to be invalid, Elizabeth I would have been illegitimate, hence unable to be Queen of England.
Supporters of Mary Queen of Scots took this line and she would have been the next legitimate heir to the English throne (through Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scots).

2007-05-14 18:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0 0

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