- papist plot to regain influence in British Isles. That was a major source of obstinance, & an escalating cycle of suspicion
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Ofc in reality England had two choices: balance w/ Spain vs France or w/ France vs Spain. Henrietta was an antiHapsburg Queen!
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The most zealous Protestants wanted everything all at once - support for Prot princes in Germany and also French dissidents
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Even as the political process was destabilizing towards civil war, & Parliament was fretting about sinister papist influences,
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...Henrietta's advisors were telling her the King should give the Puritans whatever religious concession they wanted.
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(So much for JOG. Short memories: Henrietta's dad had been the leader of French Prots for 40 yrs! They were hommes politiques)
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As a result of the Civil War, Henrietta Maria and her children fled to France, where she started trying to convert James.
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James was famous for bad choices, including promising to marry a hot commoner. He meant well, at least
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