The Gunpowder Plot
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Anglo-Irish Conflict
When mary the first died, henry was succeeded by young edward the sixth and hisvery, very ultra protestant councellors. His sister mary survived, catholic. She did her best to reintroduce the catholic faith to england, but she also died without leaving an heir. And her protestant's younger sister elizabeth, daughter of anne boleyn, the so called protestant haw, was made queen. England's catholics were obviously dismayed. They were now trapped between a sovereign who demanded obedience to her as head of the church, and their pope, who was not interested in them. Elizabeth had been at war with spain since 15
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