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Babington Plot

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Babington Plot
abortive plot to assassinate Elizabeth I; sealed Mary Stuart’s fate (1586). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 202]
See : Conspiracy
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Warnicke goes to great lengths to demonstrate the degree to which Mary's thinking was clouded by 1587, possibly due to her long battle with porphyria, thus making her willing to participate in the Babington Plot.
Mary Queen of Scots by Elston, Timothy G. / Renaissance Quarterly
WHEN was the Babington Plot which failed to assassinate Elizabeth I?
TIME OUT by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
In also denying that the queen's councilors attempted to pressure her to act, Mears apparently overlooked the Babington Plot, nurtured by Sir Francis Walsingham.
Queenship and Political Discourse in the Elizabethan Realms by Warnicke, Retha M. / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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