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 \n\n| Point | Primary Source | Historian Interpretation |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Elizabeth had kept Mary prisoner after\u003Cbr>her Marriage\u003Cbr>to Bothwell.\u003Cbr>(Mary saying,\u003Cbr>she wouldn’t\u003Cbr>be a problem\u003Cbr>if she doesn’t keep her prisoner) | The Queen of the Scots is and shall always be a dangerous person to your estate. Yet there are degrees of danger. If she is kept a prisoner... it will be less, if at liberty, greater.\u003Cbr>(Sir William Cecil, letter to Queen Elizabeth (16th October 1569)\u003Cbr>[http://spartacus](http://spartacus)\u003Cbr>[educational.com/TUDelizabeth1.htm](educational.com/TUDelizabeth1.htm)\u003Cbr>I would not thus importune you, but I have something in my head, so that, unless I have a decided answer, I shall have the boldness to set out to come to you, if I am not taken prisoner by your command. Do not ruin me, I beseech you, for it is my wish to devote my life and hear to you for ever. Ipray God to prosper you, and give me patience and good counsel against so many wicked inventions of this world. From Bolton this first of September. Your very good and obliged sister and cousin, if you please Mary R.\u003Cbr>The Queen of Scots to Queen Elizabeth, Bolton Castle September 1, 1568.\u003Cbr>Letters of Mary Queen of Scots Vol.1\u003Cbr>By Agnes Strickland New York: the Viking Press\u003Cbr>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=OCLC021291](https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=OCLC021291)[ ](https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=OCLC021291) [93&id=lttUoiwDd5AC&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3&dq=colbu](93&id=lttUoiwDd5AC&pg=PR3&lpg=PR3&dq=colbu) [rn](rn)+[queen](queen)+[of](of)+[scots&hl=en&redir](scots&hl=en&redir) esc=y\\#v=onepage &q=colburn%20queen%20of%20scots&f=false page 104 |  |\n| Mary wasn’ta threat as she was abdicated as Queen |  | On 24th July she was presented with deeds of abdication, telling her that she would be killed if she did not sign. She eventually agreed to abdicate in favour of her son James. Mary's illegitimate halfbrother, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, was made regent. James was crowned as a protestant, |\n\n\n|  |  | still only thirteen months old, on 29th July, 1567, at Stirling parish church. The sermon at the coronation was preached by John Knox. In accordance with the religious beliefs of most of the Scottish ruling class, James was brought up as a member of the Protestant Church of Scotland.\u003Cbr>Jenny Wormald, King James I: Oxford Dictional of National Biography (2004-2014) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Mary was a threat to Elizabeth because she\u003Cbr>had plots to kill her. | We... will undertake the delivery of your royal persons from the hands of your enemies... For the dispatch of the usurper (Elizabeth) ... six noble gentlemen, who, for the zeal they have to the Catholic cause... will undertake that tragical execution.\u003Cbr>Letter sent by Anthony Babington to Mary Stuart (July 1586)\u003Cbr>[http://spartacus](http://spartacus)\u003Cbr>[educational.com/TUDmaryscots.htm](educational.com/TUDmaryscots.htm))\u003Cbr>There is a letter from the Scottish Queen, that hath wrought tears…the delay (in executing Mary) is too dangerous.\u003Cbr>Letters from the Earl of Leicester to Francis Walsingham describing Elizabeth’s response to Mary’s letter asking to be spared (December 1586). | Mary was a threat to Elizabeth because she was seen as a stable leader.\u003Cbr>Antonia Fraser examination of Mary’s reign was that Mary’s reign was relatively positive, she refrains from attributing to Mary any characteristic which doesn’t embody femininity thus, undercutting Mary’s capable, calculating and political mind.\u003Cbr>Fraser, Antonia. Mary, Queen of Scots. New York: Delacorte Press, 1969. [http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studpr](http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/tbacig/studpr)[oj/h3099/maryscots/mary%20site](oj/h3099/maryscots/mary%20site),[%20seminar%2](%20seminar%2)[ ](%20seminar%2)[0paper.htm](0paper.htm)\u003Cbr>While Mary was in England, plot after plot was made against Elizabeth by Mary’s ","cbCaimFaqBmdR7Uj","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimFaqBmdR7Uj","pdf",807200,11,"English","# To what extent was Mary Queen of Scots a threat during Elizabeth’s I reign?\n## Threat via imprisonment and state control\n## Abdication and succession reducing threat\n## Threat through alleged plots and correspondence\n## Competing views on forgeries and political motives","[{\"question\":\"How does the plan assess whether Mary posed a threat to Elizabeth I?\",\"answer\":\"It compares multiple points using primary sources and historian interpretations, weighing imprisonment, abdication, and alleged plots against claims that some evidence may be forged or politically manipulated.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does Elizabeth’s imprisonment of Mary play in the argument?\",\"answer\":\"The notes suggest Elizabeth kept Mary prisoner after her marriage to Bothwell, which reduced the danger compared with leaving her at liberty.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do the notes discuss forged letters and rival interpretations?\",\"answer\":\"The plan highlights that while plots and correspondence were alleged, some people believed letters were written by Mary’s enemies to make her appear guilty, creating competing historical views.\"}]","Plan for History - To what extent was Mary Queen of Scots a threat during Elizabeth’s I reign? | PDF",1792675438,28]