However, Catholic subversion had been gathering strength, fueled by British Isles exiles after the 1559 settlement, and the Papal Bull against Elizabeth, Pius V 1570.
St Bartholomew's Day 1572 was something of a turning point in France.
Reading materials re de Vere, he was very close to many of the key players and events on both sides of the Elizabethan broils regarding religion, intelligence, and diplomacy. He took part against the 1569 rising of Northern Catholic Earls, yet he is thought to have secretly converted to Catholicism for some years. He was close to several known queen's secret agents who were writers or playwrights themselves, most notably Marlowe. He employed Munday. Yet the executed Norfolk was his cousin.
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