The Role Of Torture In The Elizabethan Era

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Queen Elizabeth I was first familiar with Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London when she was imprisoned in the tower for conspiracy to overthrow Queen Mary I. In the month that Elizabeth was imprisoned, she encountered some of the infamous inmates that were held there. The day her coronation was held her parade around the city of London began at the tower and ended at Westminster abbey. The Tower of London has a great deal of dark history including imprisonment, torture, and executions. An exceptional amount of torture in this period of time occurred in the Elizabethan era. Father John Gerard, a prisoner who was held at the Tower of London, has a detailed account of the terrors that took place in the tower. In

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