Elizabeth I

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"The burning of John Hooper, bishop at Gloucester"
From John Foxe, Actes and Monuments (London, 1583)
Newberry Library (Case fD78 .308, p. 1510)
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Elizabeth's elder sister Mary I became known as "Bloody Mary" for her executions of Protestants for heresy.

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