Editing Regnans in Excelsis (section)

==Aftermath==
The bull provoked the English government into taking more repressive actions against the [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]], whom they feared to be acting in the interests of [[Spain]] and the papacy. This reaction soon seemed justified: it was the publication in England of Pius's exhortation that gave the impetus in 1571 to the [[Ridolfi plot]], in which the [[Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk|Duke of Norfolk]] was to kidnap or murder Queen Elizabeth, install [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], on the throne, and then become ''de facto'' king by marrying her.<ref>{{cite book|last =Haynes|first =Alan|title =Walsingham: Elizabethan Spymaster and Statesman|publisher =Sutton Publishing|date =2004|location =Stroud, England|page=13|isbn=0-7509-3122-1}}</ref>

[[Heinrich Bullinger]] of [[Zürich]] published a [[Objection (argument)|critique]] of the bull in 1571.<ref>[[Heinrich Bullinger|Bullinger, Heinrich]]. ''Bullae Papisticae ante biennium contra sereniss. Angliae, Franciae & Hyberniae Reginam Elizabetham & contra inclytum Angliae Regnum promulgatae, refutatio, orthodoxaeque Reginae, & vniuersi Regni Angliae defensio''. John Day, London 1571.</ref>