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... troops who landed in Scotland to sup- port Mary of Guise captured Knox and sent him to the galleys.14 After he was freed , Knox took refuge in Calvinist lands , where he learned how to preach and solidified his implacable hatred of ...
... troops in Scotland . Thus Rizzio's assassination both separated Mary Stuart from the Scottish crown and cut the direct line of communication between queen and pope . A little more than three months later , on June ( 20 ) THE ENTITY.
... troops at several points along the coast . These troops would converge on London and free Mary Stuart with the aid of Holy Alliance agents and men loyal to her , all for the purpose of putting her on the throne of England in place of ...
... troops under Alba's command . Ambassador Spes considered the plan a masterwork , but the duke , much more expert in military matters , saw things differently . To him , Roberto Ridolfi was an Italian too fond of talk . In spite of a ...
... troops selected by the Society of Jesus and loyal to papal authority , whose sole objective was assassi- nating Queen Elizabeth , head of the English Protestant Church . The efforts to overthrow Elizabeth with the aid of Philip II and ...
Contents
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Times of Action 15871605 | 50 |
New Horizons 16051644 | 65 |
Era of Expansion 16441691 | 81 |
Time of Intrigue 16911721 | 96 |
Some Brief Reigns 17211775 | 110 |
Rise of the Terror 19341940 | 229 |
The End of the ThousandYear Reich 19401945 | 247 |
Odessa and the Vatican Ratline 19461958 | 268 |
New Alliances 19581976 | 285 |
Vatican Inc and Gods Business 19761978 | 302 |
Time of the Assassins 19791982 | 318 |
The Polish Years 19822005 | 335 |
The Years to Come Benedict XVI | 352 |
The Rise and Fall of Eagles 17751823 | 124 |
An Era of Spies 18231878 | 140 |
The League of the Impious 18781914 | 160 |
The Horseman of the Apocalypse 19141917 | 177 |
Intriguing Toward Peace 19171922 | 197 |
Era of the Dictators 19221934 | 211 |
List of Popes Since the Creation of the Holy Alliance | 373 |
Notes | 375 |
Bibliography | 399 |
Archives Consulted | 407 |
Index | 409 |
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