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... Catholic ritual , and Arch- bishop Cranmer was sent to the Tower for having supported Jane . An insurrection on Jane's behalf by Sir Thomas Wyatt led to her being beheaded . Mary married Philip , son to Charles V. , and Cardinal Pole ...
... Catholic ritual , and Arch- bishop Cranmer was sent to the Tower for having supported Jane . An insurrection on Jane's behalf by Sir Thomas Wyatt led to her being beheaded . Mary married Philip , son to Charles V. , and Cardinal Pole ...
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... Catholic party were the House of Guise ; of the Huguenot , the house of Bourbon , namely Antoine ( titular King of Navarre in right of his wife ) , and Louis , prince of Condé . The king and queen were almost entirely under the dominion ...
... Catholic party were the House of Guise ; of the Huguenot , the house of Bourbon , namely Antoine ( titular King of Navarre in right of his wife ) , and Louis , prince of Condé . The king and queen were almost entirely under the dominion ...
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... Catholics to form a league for the defence of the Church . The more patriotic party in France being in dread of Spain ... Catholic subjects in a hostile attitude to her . In 1572 , the Duke of Norfolk was tried , con- demned , and ...
... Catholics to form a league for the defence of the Church . The more patriotic party in France being in dread of Spain ... Catholic subjects in a hostile attitude to her . In 1572 , the Duke of Norfolk was tried , con- demned , and ...
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... Catholics conspired in favour of Mary Stewart , but were discovered and put to death . Open war was declared between Elizabeth and Philip . She autho rized the expeditions of Drake and Hawkins , and espoused the cause of the revolted ...
... Catholics conspired in favour of Mary Stewart , but were discovered and put to death . Open war was declared between Elizabeth and Philip . She autho rized the expeditions of Drake and Hawkins , and espoused the cause of the revolted ...
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... Catholic faith , resistance was nearly over . In 1593 , the gates of Paris were opened to him ; and when , in 1595 ... Catholics , however , angered that the son of Mary Stewart did not befriend them , plotted to blow up the Houses of ...
... Catholic faith , resistance was nearly over . In 1593 , the gates of Paris were opened to him ; and when , in 1595 ... Catholics , however , angered that the son of Mary Stewart did not befriend them , plotted to blow up the Houses of ...
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Page 38 - Roman pontiff. Thus it was not until the time of Paul III (1534-1549) that any effective steps were taken. This pope announced a council that would meet at Mantua on May 23, 1537, but the political and religious strife prevented the gathering from taking place; an attempt to convoke a council at Vicenza...
Page 47 - ... fleet under the guns of the Copenhagen forts, put an end to the peril in that quarter. In northern as in southern seas, the arm of Britain was omnipotent. French and Spanish, Dutch and Danish fleets had been shattered, and Britain helped herself at will to the colonies of the unhappy allies of France. The Cape of Good Hope and Ceylon were taken from the Dutch to secure the sea route to India. But on land no one could make head against Bonaparte. The two victorious enemies recognized their respective...
Page 51 - Fontainebleau, in the splendid gallery of Henry II. After having had two sons, the Count de Paris (born 24th of August, 1838), and the Duke de Chartres (born November 9, 1840), the Duchess met with an overwhelming domestic calamity by the sudden death of her husband. On the 13th of July, 1842, the Duke of Orleans was killed by a fall from his carriage. The Duchess bore her loss with heroic resignation, and gave vent to her harrowed feelings only in retirement. She then, and ever since, in most eventful...
Page 22 - Appointment of the king's consort Elizabeth, queen of England, the king's kinsman Thomas, Cardinal Archbishop of Canterbury, the king's brothers George, Duke of Clarence, and Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Robert, Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Chancellor, L. Bishop of Durham,1 E.
Page 17 - In 1377, Edward III. died, and was succeeded by his grandson, Richard II.
Page 34 - Array (No. 46, p. 178), to summon the militia of the counties to his side, and on July 12, the Houses resolved, in addition to their claim to command the militia, to raise an army, and placed it under the command of the Earl of Essex (No.