Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion
CHAPTER XIII.
REIGN OF ELIZABETH (_continued_).
Elizabeth Determines to Imprison Mary--The Conference at York--It is Moved to London--The Casket Letters--Mary is sent Southwards--Remonstrances of the European Sovereigns--Affairs in the Netherlands--Alva is sent Thither--Elizabeth Aids the Insurgents--Proposed Marriage between Mary and Norfolk--The Plot is Discovered--Rising in the North--Its Suppression--Death of the Regent Murray--Its Consequences in Scotland--Religious Persecutions--Execution of Norfolk--Massacre of St. Bartholomew--Siege of Edinburgh Castle--War in France--Splendid Defence of La Rochelle--Death of Charles IX.--Religious War in the Netherlands--Rule of Don John--The Anjou Marriage--Deaths of Anjou and of William the Silent 274