CHAPTER XXIX

ELIZABETH AND THE EUROPEAN CONFLICT. 1570-1587

1. The Continental Powers. 1566-1570 442

2. The Anjou Marriage Treaty and the Ridolfi Plot. 1570-1571 443

3. Elizabeth and the Puritans 444

4. Elizabeth and Parliament. 1566 444

5. A Puritan Parliament. 1571 445

6. The Duke of Norfolk's Plot and Execution. 1571-1572 445

7. The Admonition to Parliament. 1572 446

8. Mariners and Pirates 446

9. Westward Ho! 447

10. Francis Drake's Voyage to Panama. 1572 448

11. The Seizure of Brill, and the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. 1572 449

12. The Growth of the Dutch Republic. 1572-1578 449

13. Quiet Times in England. 1572-1577 450

14. Drake's Voyage. 1577-1580 450

15. Ireland and the Reformation. 1547 451

16. Ireland under Edward VI. and Mary. 1547-1558 451

17. Elizabeth and Ireland. 1558-1578 452

18. The Landing at Smerwick, and the Desmond Rising. 1579-1583 452

19. The Jesuits in England. 1580 453

20. The Recusancy Laws. 1581 454

21. Growing Danger of Elizabeth. 1580-1584 454

22. The Association. 1584-1585 456

23. Growth of Philip's Power. 1584-1585 456

24. Babington's Plot, and the Trial of Mary Stuart. 1586 457

25. Execution of Mary Stuart. 1587 458