Heretic Queen (56 page)

 

SUSAN RONALD was born and raised in the United States, but has lived in England for more than twenty-five years. She is the author of
The Pirate Queen, The Sancy Blood Diamond,
and
France: Crossroads of Europe
. Ronald owns a film production company and is a screenwriter and film producer. Visit her online at
www.susanronald.com
.

 

HERETIC QUEEN.
Copyright © 2012 by Susan Ronald. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Cover design by Lisa Pompilio

The Library of Congress has catalogued the print edition as follows:

 

Ronald, Susan.

Heretic queen : Queen Elizabeth I and the wars of religion / Susan Ronald.—1st ed.

      p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-312-64538-0 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-01521-1 (e-book)

1.  Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533–1603—Religion.   2.  Reformation—England.   3.  England—Church history—16th century.   4.  Great Britain—History—Elizabeth, 1558–1603.   I.  Title.

  DA356.R577 2012

  942.05'5092—dc23                                 2012010248

 

e-ISBN 9781250015211

First Edition: August 2012

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In the fifteenth century, those people who brought the fagots to the heretics' fires were granted forty days of pardon from the fires of purgatory by the Roman Catholic Church. Burning at the stake for heresy was first instituted in 1401.

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Nicholas Bacon was by now Elizabeth's Lord Privy Seal.