Elizabeth+I,+Catherine+de+Medici,+Isabella

Anne Marie Parkinson Compare and contrast the religious policies of two of the following: Elizabeth I (England), Catherine de Medici (France), and Isabella (Spain)

Elizabeth I (Protestant) Isabella (Catholic) Catherine de Medici (Catholic) Thesis (isabella and catherine): While both the religious policies of Isabella and catherine de Medici were similar in that they were both against Protestants and took steps to eliminate the minorites, they differed in that the outcome of Catherine's steps lead to a large Massacre while Spain stayed in peace.
 * religious policy: moderation and compromise
 * Puritanism: rid of Catholics in Church of England
 * Act of Supremacy: she is the supreme ruler of the land, including spiriiual matters (head of Chuch of England)
 * Act of Uniformity: brought back Book of Common Prayer
 * book written by her brother, Edward VI, when he was king of England
 * exiled by Pope Paul IV in his Index of Forbidden Books
 * gave support to Protestants in religious disputes:
 * Huguenots, French Calvanists, in French Wars of Religion
 * Dutch Calvanists in Netherlands Revolt against Spainish King Philip V
 * "To be Spanish was to be Catholic"
 * Spain=2 religious minorities: Jews and Muslims
 * conversos: persecuted many Jews so they converted to Christianity
 * Inquisition (1478)
 * to ensure the orthodoxy of the converted Jews (conversos)
 * targeted Conversos,Jews, and Muslims
 * **started bc feared a Jewish influence, so got special permission from the Pope to start an Inquisition in Spain**
 * **bout 13,000 Conversos condemned and burned at the stake in an attempt 2 eliminate the ties between the Jewish community and Conversos**
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 * expelled all professed jews from Spain
 * result: >150,000 Jews then fled from Spain
 * encominda
 * when Cortes took over the Aztec empire
 * called the natives subjects of Castile
 * gave the conquistadores the right to the natives for labor if they provided protection, pay them, and **supervise their spiritual needs**
 * Husband= Henry II
 * dominated her sons when they took control of the throne=weak leaders
 * Ultra Catholics:
 * lead by Guise family
 * other members= Valois monarchy, //Catherine de Medici//
 * Huguenots:
 * French Calvanists
 * 50% of nobility
 * but only 7% of the whole population
 * leader=Henry of Navarre
 * Saint Bartholomew's Day
 * ****(started b/c of Catherine de Medici)**
 * marriage between Valois king's sister (Catholic) and Henry of Navarre (leader of the Huguenots)=gathering of Huegunots in Paris
 * guise family convienced Catherine that this Huguenot gathering=threat
 * began: kings guards killed Huguenot leaders **(**plans approved by Catherine de Medici)**
 * 3 days of Catholic's killing Huguenots=3,000dead
 * Holy League:
 * formed by ultra Catholics
 * goal: put Henry of Guise on the throne--lead to War of the Three Henries