... February 1560 Scottish Protestants rebelled against Mary of Guise. The ensuing struggle took part between French troops and Scottish Protestants with the help of English troops. With the death of Mary of Guise in June 1560 the French troops were swiftly forced to sign the treaty of Edinburgh and leave Scotland. This worked out well for Scotland, as James Stuart became the regent in Scotland. It also worked out well for England as the threat from France via Scotland was neutralised again lessening the threat of France to Elizabethan England. France again lessened its threat to Elizabethan England when, in 1562 the first civil war of religion was started. This lessened the threat from France to England as the main French army controlling family, the Guise were heavily involved in the first civil war of religion. They had infact started the war by slaughtering French Huguenots for worshipping publicly. This was ...

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