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Intervention where the guy dies9/24/2023 It was easy to assume that Elizabeth, the monarch of the most significant of the few countries in Europe which had abandoned their allegiance to the Pope, would be targeted next. The assassination in 1584 of William of Orange, the leader of the Dutch, and protestant, revolt against the Spanish rulers of the Netherlands, had added a new and particularly dangerous dimension to the religious conflicts of Europe. The Parliament of 1586 was called specifically because of Mary's complicity in the Babington Plot in August that year. To find out more, visit On 24 November 1586 a delegation from the Lords and Commons went to meet Queen Elizabeth I at Richmond Palace, their mission: to convince her to order the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Our fourth specially commissioned article for Parliament Week.
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