This article evaluates how Catherine of Braganza was scrutinised in parliament during the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis, 1678–81. During this period, politicians used Catherine as a political pawn to try and pressurise Charles II to secure the line of succession, which included proposals that he should divorce her and remarry, in order to secure the line of succession away from his Catholic convert brother, James, duke of York. The article focuses on how Catherine's 1661 articles of marriage became central in parliamentary debates following the Popish Plot scandal, and the extent to which politicians considered how far they could control Catherine's Catholic household without breaching the articles, or aggravating Portugal. The colonial assets of Tangier and Bombay (acquired by Britain upon Catherine's marriage to Charles), are given serious attention in understanding decisions made by parliament during this period, as removing Catherine as queen threatened to jeopardise Britain's foreign policy relationship with Portugal, as well as its trade networks and aspirations for colonial enterprises. This article, therefore, revisits Catherine of Braganza's reputation and character through the lens of the Popish Plot and Exclusion Crisis, and how Catherine's place in the Popish Plot narrative influenced England's international relationship with Portugal.

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教皇阴谋和排斥危机期间布拉干萨的凯瑟琳：下议院和上议院的反天主教，1678-81*

本文评估了 1678–81 年教皇阴谋和排斥危机期间布拉干萨的凯瑟琳如何在议会中受到审查。在此期间，政客们​​利用凯瑟琳作为政治棋子，试图向查理二世施压以确保继承权，其中包括建议他与她离婚并再婚，以确保继承权远离他信奉天主教的兄弟，詹姆斯，约克公爵。这篇文章重点介绍凯瑟琳 1661 年的婚姻条款如何在教皇阴谋丑闻后成为议会辩论的中心，以及政客们考虑在多大程度上可以在不违反这些条款或激怒葡萄牙的情况下控制凯瑟琳的天主教家庭。丹吉尔和孟买的殖民地资产（英国在凯瑟琳与查尔斯结婚时获得），在理解议会在此期间做出的决定时给予了认真的关注，因为取消凯瑟琳的女王身份可能会危及英国与葡萄牙的外交政策关系，以及其贸易网络和对殖民企业的抱负。因此，本文通过教皇阴谋和排斥危机的镜头重新审视布拉干萨的凯瑟琳的声誉和性格，以及凯瑟琳在教皇阴谋叙事中的地位如何影响英格兰与葡萄牙的国际关系。