Heretic queen, Queen Elizabeth I and the wars of religion, Susan Ronald
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Heretic queen, Queen Elizabeth I and the wars of religion, Susan Ronald
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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illustrationsplates
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index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Heretic queen
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bibliography
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759914165
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Susan Ronald
Sub title
Queen Elizabeth I and the wars of religion
Summary
A chronicle of Elizabeth I's role in the wars of religion credits her with securing England's future as a world power, covering topics ranging from the queen's use of ambivalence as a political tool to her tolerance in religious matters and the challenges of the Reformation
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Prologue: The sacrificial priest -- Pt. 1: A wounded and divided land, 1558-1566. The new Deborah ; The realm and the ministers of Lucifer ; Determined to be a virgin queen ; Many an uneasy truce ; The battle for hearts and minds ; Untrustworthy allies ; Christ's soldiers ; Mary Stuart, the great Catholic threat -- Pt. 2: The Catholic ascendancy, 1566-1580. Betrayal amid dreamy spires ; The iconoclastic fury ; Two murders and mayhem ; An ill-conceived escape and rebellion ; Regnans in excelsis ; The English state, plots and counterplots ; Massacre in Paris ; The Puritan underworld of London ; Via Dolorosa -- Pt. 3: The years of religious terror, 1580-1591. God's outriders ; The ungodly witch hunts ; Frustrating the designs of our enemies ; A long-awaited execution ; God's obvious design -- Pt. 4: A house divided, 1591-1603. The Norfolk landing ; Marprelate, Puritans, Catholics, and players ; Elizabeth's éminence grise and the final battles for England
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adult
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