Episode 162: The Pirate Queen
The History of English Podcast
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Beware the Cat
The book wasn't published earlier during the reign of Elizabeth's older sister Mary, who was staunchly Catholic. But now, with Elizabeth on the throne, and with the Protestants back in charge, the book was finally published at this point in 1570. Now the conflict between the Protestants and Catholics in England had been simmering since Elizabeth assumed the throne over a decade earlier.
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