[Conservative4Ever]

Elizabeth I really didn't care which way the populace chose to worship God. She did however have to fight to secure her throne against the Duke of Norfolk (a catholic) and other catholic dissetents wishing to remove her from her throne and place the Duke of Norfolk as monarch. He and his followers felt he had the greater claim. With the help of her loyal supporters they were found out and killed.

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[RobbyS]

Elizabeth was the figure head of the Protestant faction and narrowly escaped execution by Mary because Mary could not bring herself to let Elizabeth be killed. After Pope Pius V formally deposed Elizabeth, the positions of Catholics in England became precarious and recusants in dangerous of execution, especially after the Jesuits becan to infiltrate the kingdom.