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15 de jul. de 2022 · She achieved this through choosing the right men for the job, and particularly, the right man. Sir Francis Walsingham was an English statesman and diplomat who has become legendary for the creation of a highly effective intelligence network. He successfully stopped England’s enemies both domestically and foreign from fulfilling their missions.
Walsingham’s time abroad had intensified his Protestant beliefs. He became a puritan. In 1568, he began to work for Sir William Cecil. Cecil asked Walsingham to speak to Italian and French immigrants in London. He wanted Walsingham to discover Catholic plots against Elizabeth. Walsingham’s time in Europe meant he was fluent in Italian and ...
7 de dic. de 2016 · Queen Elizabeth with Lord Burleigh and Sir Francis Walsingham. Wellcome Images, London/CC BY 4.0. In a lowly tavern in an English town in the 1580s, a group of men met to organize the ...
29 de dic. de 2021 · In this letter Arthur Gregory, a skilled counterfeiter, informed Walsingham that he had discovered a technique using alum to create secret writing. He wrote, ‘The writing with alum is discovered divers ways … but most apparently by rubbing of coal dust thereon.’. Gregory used the letter’s postscript to demonstrate his secret writing ...
Frances Countess of Essex, Countess of Clanricarde Burgh (Walsingham) aka Sidney, Sydney, Devereux, De Burgh, Burke (1569 - certain 17 Feb 1633)
Sir Francis Walsingham (c. 1532 – April 6, 1590) is remembered by history as the "spymaster" of Queen Elizabeth I of England. An admirer of Machiavelli, Walsingham is remembered as one of the most proficient espionage-weavers in history, excelling in the use of intrigues and deception to secure the English Crown.
Frances Carr, condesa de Somerset (31 de mayo de 1590 1 - 23 de agosto de 1632), nacida como Frances Howard, fue una noble inglesa que fue la figura central de un famoso escándalo y asesinato durante el reinado de Jacobo I de Inglaterra y VI de Escocia. Fue declarada culpable pero se salvó de la ejecución y finalmente fue perdonada por el ...
