These intensified during the 1580s and there were a number of reasons for this. English Catholics had a network of supporters abroad. Many of the missionary priests that arrived in the 1580s came ...
A century ago, surges in Catholic immigrants from Europe raised fear among native-born Protestants that the newcomers were beholden to the dictates of the pope in Rome — that they would fail to ...
The Catholic threat undoubtedly revolved around Elizabeth’s cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots. She had become Queen of Scotland when her father, James V, was killed in battle against the English in 1542.
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