Thursday 14 June 2007

11. What decisions did Mary make?

  1. She left the reformation in place. She did not try to return Scotland to the old religion.
  2. She gave money to support the new church.
  3. She allowed the Protestant lords to be on her Privy Council. (The committee which helped her to rule Scotland by giving her advice.)
  4. She put down a revolt by the Catholic Huntly family.
  5. She insisted on being allowed to practice her own religion in private.
  6. She did not interfere when Catholics who broke the new religious laws were punished.
  7. She married Henry Lord Darnley.