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 /

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Author / Creator:Martin, Patrick H., author.
Imprint:Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Description:x, 358 pages ; 26 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Espionage, British -- History -- 16th century.
Spies -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century.
Diplomatic relations.
Espionage, British.
Politics and government.
Spies.
Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1558-1603.
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1558-1603.
Great Britain.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10772858
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ISBN:9781476662558
147666255X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"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"--

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