Let’s back up a little for context: four months earlier, Mary’s husband (Henry, Lord Darnley) had been murdered at Kirk O’Field, and many people believed…
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Tag: Elizabeth I
There is so much to unpack here… Elizabeth had been brought to the Tower in March, accused of participating in Thomas Wyatt’s treasonous rebellion. Confined…
Giovanni Michiel served as Venetian Ambassador to England during almost all of Mary’s reign. When he left England in 1557, about six months before Mary…
Acquittals never happened when treason was involved! At worst, you might get a single juror abstaining, and that would still be a pretty big deal:…
When Elizabeth Tudor came to the English throne, there was huge pressure on her to marry and secure the succession (and even ensure proper leadership…
First, some background. Just a few months after Henry VIII died, his widow, Katherine Parr, married Thomas Seymour, uncle to the new King Edward VI.…
This letter was sent a little less than a month before Elizabeth acceded to the throne and is a fascinating glimpse into the relationship she…
This was such a huge time for England, the triumph of the people over an attempted coup – the only time since the Battle of…
Amyas Paulet is best known for having been Mary Stuart’s gaoler for the last two years of her life…but he was a lot more than…
Elizabeth spent her entire life refusing proposals – and her very first experience shows that she mastered the art early. Of course she had a…