Babington Plot (1586)

Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in Catholics.

Definition

A 1586 conspiracy involving Anthony Babington and secret letters hidden in beer barrels that provided proof of Mary Queen of Scots' complicity in a plot to kill Elizabeth.

Exam Context

Babington Plot (1586) appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Elizabethans (1580–1603), especially Catholics and Mary Queen of Scots and Spain.

The Elizabethans (1580–1603)Catholics Mary Queen of Scots and Spain

Found in Revision Notes

The Elizabethans (1580–1603)

Mary Queen of Scots and Spain

Catholics • Mary Queen of Scots and Spain

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