tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post3452211978093471239..comments2023-10-12T02:21:40.102-07:00Comments on English Historical Fiction Authors: Terrorism: 1582Debra Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03256313302199653185noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-35265463217314667072015-06-12T13:15:05.191-07:002015-06-12T13:15:05.191-07:00It's all dependent on the personal angle. To t...It's all dependent on the personal angle. To the Catholics, Henry had discarded all stability and the established order. He broke with the Pope for his personal reasons. To Rome, this was a huge political loss. Realistically speaking, if Henry had not pushed for the divorce or had his divorce been granted, England might be Catholic today. Just saying...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811719942873874309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-77564123412200320642015-05-27T11:40:16.449-07:002015-05-27T11:40:16.449-07:00However, this was NOT unthinking paranoia. There ...However, this was NOT unthinking paranoia. There were real reasons to the fear. The Jesuit infiltrators were not just bringing in new priests to perform Masses. They were there to foment rebellions and possibly assassination plots. Mary of Scotland was no white innocent in this. She deserved her execution. Elizabeth tried to set a middle way; however, the people would not let her. Stability was the key. The instability was from the Roman Catholic faction. The example from France and her own experience of her sister Queen Mary's reign, when she did not know if she would be put to death because of religion, ultimately set her later policies on strict containment because they showed no different.Julia Erganehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04613625453621934834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2456802468539868519.post-89476306027499424212015-05-27T06:22:26.508-07:002015-05-27T06:22:26.508-07:00Seems we have not progressed as much as we like to...Seems we have not progressed as much as we like to think. Just names and dates have changed.RADayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340243972875422944noreply@blogger.com