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The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages, Vol. 22: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources (Classic Reprint)
The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages Vol 22 Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources - Classic Reprint Author:Ludwig Pastor Trial and Execution of Mary Stuart.-The Spanish — Armada. — The brief pontificate of Sixtus V. marks a decisive turning point in the lot of the Catholics of England. In the first place, with the execution of Mary Stuart, all hopes disappeared of seeing the English crown on the head of a Catholic after the death of Elizabeth, while the destruction ... more »of the Spanish Armada in the following year, made it clear that they could no longer hope for the restoration of the old religion by the help of a foreign power.
When Sixtus V. ascended the throne, some seventeen years had elapsed since the Queen of Scots had sought for help in England, and had found instead a prison. Her beauty, once so lauded, had faded ; her good name had been dragged in the mire ; her health had become so broken that often she could hardly stand on her feet.1 But the compassion which is wont to be felt for the rights of the oppressed made the helpless prisoner a greater danger to her enemies than she could ever have become
Table of Contents
Table of Contents vii; List of unpublished documents in Appendix xvji; Trial and execution of Mary Stuart The Spanish; Armada 1-70; Catholic Reform in Germany and the Netherlands 71-107; Work of the nuncios in Hungary, Bohemia Austria and; Switzerland 108-144; Plans for a Crusade The Polish election Death of; the Pope 145-188; Patronage of learning and art The water-supply of; Rome New streets 180-245; The Obelisks The Lateran palace The Vatican; library The Quirinal The Dome of St Peter's 246-312; The Pontificate of Urban VII 313-350; The Pontificate of Gregory XIV 351-408; The Pontificate of Innocent IX 409-427; Appendix of unpublished documents 428-453; Index of Names 455-467; 1 For BibKogTaphy see Volume XXI; trial and execution of mary stuart-the spanish; armada; ad page; 1585 Position of Mary Stuart at the accession of Sixtus V 1 Opportunities for English statesmen to win over pub« less