The Catholic Conundrum

Despite persecution, Catholics survived in Protestant England. For the authorities, they were a problem with a silver lining.

the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, engraving by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, c.1605.
The Gunpowder Plot conspirators, engraving by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, c.1605. Bridgeman Images.

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