Penal Laws
The widowed mother of Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary of Guise, had become regent in 1554, and generally she is well spoken of, although...
Mary, Queen Consort of France
When Elizabeth died in 1603, the crown was offered to James VI, King of Scots. Since he was the first James on the English throne he was...
Mary, Queen of Scots
By the time of “Regnans in excelsis” (1570), Mary, Queen of Scots, was already a prisoner in England, and plots and conspiracies swirled...
Regnans in excelsis
In 1570, Pope Pius V issued a document entitled “Regnans in excelsis” which described Queen Elizabeth I as “the pretended Queen of...
Henry VIII, change of mood.
Please read the previous post before this one. By 1534 the mood had changed. Henry VIII had become frustrated with his failure to secure...
Christ, Centre of History
What is the connection between a man dying on a cross 2000 years ago and our ordinary lives today? No one will be able to give a...