Tag Archives: Sir Francis Drake

When England Made Assassination Central to Foreign Policy

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 30 April 2024

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Murder, Martyrs, and Mystery: The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 31 August 2023

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America, Puritanism, and Hysteria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 July 2020

The Witch (2016) is set in the Plymouth Colony, what is now the U.S. state of Massachusetts, in the 1630s. The focus is on Puritanism and the witch craze, subjects that are not entirely irrelevant at the present time. Continue reading