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    The succession crisis

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    The Throckmorton and Babington plots involved plans for foreign invasion and the Queen's assassination, including the intention to replace Elizabeth with Mary, Queen of Scots.
    OCR · British Depth Study: The Elizabethans, 1580–1603

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