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An image of a Catholic conspirator with a blade, about to kill Queen Elizabeth, and in the background, an image of him being executed.
October 10, 2026 Krista Kesselring

‘Worthy To Be Put in Holinshed’s Chronicle’? Counterfeits, Catholic Conspiracies, and the Perils of Publicity in Elizabethan England

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