How fears of popery led to a century of turmoil in ‘the land of fallen angels’

Clare Jackson traces the turbulence of 17th-century England back to the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots on the orders of Elizabeth I

From magazine issue: 20 November 2021

Clare Jackson traces the turbulence of 17th-century England back to the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots in 1587. [Bridgeman]

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