That's a very interesting perspective on this and i was thinking that when i was researching this topic as well.

It's funny to me that the Catholics were so upset about the religious persecution they suddenly found themselves at the behest of, after a very long period of doing precisely that to all other religions.

I'm with you about the hating violence thing and you are certainly right that if the plan had been successful it wouldn't even be recognized by the history books in all likelihood. For decades following the event it would likely have been illegal to even talk about it.