the ridolfi plot

• the failure of the revolt of the northern earls and the papal bull of 1570 meant Elizabeth and her privy council treated catholics with suspicion
• the earl of Huntingdon a committed protestant led the council of the north he implemented laws against catholics in the north of england 


  thus angered many catholics
• the ridolfi plot 


  1571
• ridolfi was an Italian banker who lived and worked as a spy for the pope