Elizabeth destroy catholism in the UK.....what then?

The main problem though is that Elizabeth wouldn't just kill all the Catholics in England. That would be insane and completely ASB.

Discriminate yes.

Mass murder no.
 
Little known and recognized because of its immense failure, England sent a return armada to Spain in an attempt to land but they faired about as well as the Spanish did them- it just wasn't brought up so much.

If Elizabeth tried to destroy Catholicism in the UK it would've been catastrophic for her reign and for the future of England. Perhaps we'd look at her as "The Mad Queen" rather then the "Virgin Queen".

Certainly amp up some anti-women stereotypes though wouldn't it?
 
Could it lead to a war of religion? Looking at good Queen Bess's siblings, I alwass felt like she chose to go the route of Godlilocks. Going too protestanty might be, umm, messy.
 
Maybe they would've removed her from the throne, back on the throne comes a Catholic and England ends up catholic.

Haha. Would've pleased Tolkein.
 
But what if the events we see in the movie "the golden age" resulting in Elizabeth getting the idear, that her Goal in life is to remove Catholism from Europe completely?

the only problem (beside citing Hollywood movie as a historical reference) is that she didn't believe in freedom of religion, in fact she was opposed to it. Hence her lukewarm support for early Dutch demands for that. She believed it was monarch's right to determine faith of country, and she acted on that in England.

any talk about wiping out catholicism in Europe would result in big counter-advise by well, practically every advisor. Remember that elizabethan England wasn't rich. Not exactly broke or poor, but not rich enough to be able to embark on massive oversees campaign.

She could give more support to Dutch, maybe try to do something about Scotland and maybe put on pressure on Spanish treasure ships. And just because she gets religious fervor and decides on a crusade it doens't mean parliament will vote her the money, specially if she continues to p/o them with bachlerhood.
 
I think Elizabeth did kill a lot of Catholics, although whether they were lay English Catholics or priests (foreign or otherwise) I cannot recall.

I do recall disemboweling and some sycophant claiming that Elizabeth had done only as Moses and Jehosaphat did (imposing religious conformity by force).
 
I think Elizabeth did kill a lot of Catholics, although whether they were lay English Catholics or priests (foreign or otherwise) I cannot recall.

I do recall disemboweling and some sycophant claiming that Elizabeth had done only as Moses and Jehosaphat did (imposing religious conformity by force).

They were executed on grounds of treason, not because they were Catholics. It was Cecil someone who came up with the test (a little bias shall we say) of 'if England is invaded by the Catholic powers, who will you support the Pope or the Queen'. Most Catholics went 'The Pope' and that was considered treasonable, in the right circumstances-I don't think it was a case of rounding up random catholics and asking them this, it was more a case that ones expected of treason were asked it.

Anyway, the whole thread is ASB; there were many powerful men in the country who may not have been Catholic but who would have opposed such a policy so some sort of St Brides Day Massacre ain't going to happen
 
They were executed on grounds of treason, not because they were Catholics. It was Cecil someone who came up with the test (a little bias shall we say) of 'if England is invaded by the Catholic powers, who will you support the Pope or the Queen'. Most Catholics went 'The Pope' and that was considered treasonable, in the right circumstances-I don't think it was a case of rounding up random catholics and asking them this, it was more a case that ones expected of treason were asked it.

and such round-ups had their ups and downs, ups being when England felt most threatened by catholic powers, such as right before Invincible Armada was defeated.
 
She really wouldn't kill all the catholics at all. For the time Elizabeth was really quite open and accepting of catholics. A bit of trouble only started with them once the trouble with Spain started up.
 
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