6. Why did anti French feeling grow in Scotland?

Protestant reformer John Knox was one of the leaders of the anti French group in Scotland. He had been involved with the group which murdered Cardinal Beaton and had served a sentence as a prisoner, chained to an oar on the French galleys.

1. The pro English faction of the nobility hated being ruled over by Mary of Guise.


2. All the nobles resented the growing power of Mary of Guise and her French supporters. They did not like the taxes needed to pay for them either.


3. French soldiers sometimes caused trouble. They came to be seen as invaders rather than allies.


4. The church did not do enough to reform itself. Cardinal Beaton burned Protestant preachers and this just created more sympathy for Protestant ideas. Protestant ideas therefore became stronger. This made the pro English faction stronger.