Read the following passage written in 1553 by Simon Renard, the Holy Roman Empire’s ambassador to England, to answer the question. “It is easy to foresee that there will be difficulty in repressing the heretics without causing scandal . . . The thing most to be feared is that the Queen may be moved by her religious ardor and zeal to attempt to right matters at one stroke, for this cannot be done in the case of a people that has drunk so deep an error.” What situation did Holy Roman Empire ambassador Simon Renard describe as difficult to repress because of the English people’s experiences with the Anglican Church? (1 point) Responses Mary, Queen of Scots’s attempt to remove Elizabeth I as monarch Mary, Queen of Scots’s attempt to remove Elizabeth I as monarch Elizabeth I’s attempt to execute Mary, Queen of Scots Elizabeth I’s attempt to execute Mary, Queen of Scots Catherine of Aragon’s attempt to preserve her marriage to Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon’s attempt to preserve her marriage to Henry VIII Mary I’s attempt to restore Catholicism to England

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Read the following passage written in 1553 by Simon Renard, the Holy Roman Empire’s ambassador to England, to answer the question. “It is easy to foresee that there will be difficulty in repressing the heretics without causing scandal . . . The thing most to be feared is that the Queen may be moved by her religious ardor and zeal to attempt to right matters at one stroke, for this cannot be done in the case of a people that has drunk so deep an error.” What situation did Holy Roman Empire ambassador Simon Renard describe as difficult to repress because of the English people’s experiences with the Anglican Church? (1 point) Responses Mary, Queen of Scots’s attempt to remove Elizabeth I as monarch Mary, Queen of Scots’s attempt to remove Elizabeth I as monarch Elizabeth I’s attempt to execute Mary, Queen of Scots Elizabeth I’s attempt to execute Mary, Queen of Scots Catherine of Aragon’s attempt to preserve her marriage to Henry VIII Catherine of Aragon’s attempt to preserve her marriage to Henry VIII Mary I’s attempt to restore Catholicism to England

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Simon Renard described the situation as difficult to repress due to the heretics, referring specifically to Mary I's attempt to restore Catholicism to England. The passage indicates concerns about the backlash that could result from aggressively trying to rectify the religious divisions that had developed, particularly as a result of the years of English Protestantism under the Anglican Church.