The Tudor Society

  • 25 February – Elizabeth I is excommunicated and The execution of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex

    2 years ago Author: Joel Ridgway
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    On this day in Tudor history, 25th February 1570, Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”. This bull not only excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, it also freed her Catholic subjects from their allegiance to her and called on the English people to disobey her orders, mandates and laws. It threatened excommunication for those who did obey her.

    It put Elizabeth I in danger and it put Catholics in an impossible situation.

    Find out more about the bull and its impact in this talk…

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  • 25 February – Elizabeth I is excommunicated

    4 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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    On this day in Tudor history, 25th February 1570, Pope Pius V issued the papal bull “Regnans in Excelsis”. This bull not only excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, it also freed her Catholic subjects from their allegiance to her and called on the English people to disobey her orders, mandates and laws. It threatened excommunication for those who did obey her.

    It put Elizabeth I in danger and it put Catholics in an impossible situation.

    Find out more about the bull and its impact in today’s talk.

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  • The 1580 Rome and Rheims Plot

    5 years ago Author: Claire Ridgway
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    In today’s Claire Chats video talk, I talk about the Rome and Rheims Plot, a fictional plot in which 20 men, mostly Catholic priests, were implicated. Many of them were tortured, tried and executed.

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