Elizabethan espionage : plotters and spies in the struggle between Catholicism and the crown

Elizabethan espionage plotters and spies in the struggle between Catholicism and the crown

"In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. Queen Elizabeth long maintained spies and provocateurs among English Catholic exiles. Walsingham, her...

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1. Verfasser: Martin, Patrick H. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson, North Carolina McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2016
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Geschichte 1500-1600 > Geschichte 1558-1603 > Außenpolitik > Geschichte > Politik > Espionage, British > History > Spies > Spionage > Großbritannien > Great Britain > Foreign relations > Politics and government > England
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Zusammenfassung:"In the wake of the 1588 destruction of the Spanish Armada, English Catholics launched an ingenious counterespionage effort to undermine the Tudor government's anti-Catholic machinations. Queen Elizabeth long maintained spies and provocateurs among English Catholic exiles. Walsingham, her principal secretary, used treachery to foster plots against the queen to justify harsh measures against Catholics"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:x, 358 Seiten
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ISBN:9781476662558
978-1-4766-6255-8