England, Interrupted: The Interregnum and Restoration, 1650-1685
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Will the Inquisition Reimpose Catholicism?
There was a certain catholic wing, especially in northwestern britain. In lancashire, a lot of catholic gentry. And ireland is still a majority catholic. So there are people under the rule of king charles who are still catholic. They have many reasons to desire a catholic monarchwho will at the very least tolerate catholicism and extend them equal rights. That means that then they have incentives to want charles to die before he produces a legitimate heir, so that hopefully the throne will pass to his catholic brother. There could be an international catholic conspiracy,. much as the elizabeth government feared with regard to mary, queen of
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