gaijin5 t1_j9qgdns wrote on February 23, 2023 at 8:58 PM

Reply to comment by Adiwik in TIL that in 1554 Elizabeth Crofts hid in a wall on Aldersgate Street, where she pretended to be a heavenly voice. Reputedly 17,000 people came to listen to her give out anti-Catholic propaganda. by Kurma-the-Turtle

You realise England was protestant at this time? Or did not read the article.

Guessing both

Edit: u/lebiro with the real facts. My bad.

lebiro t1_j9qzbqz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:57 PM

This was in the reign of the Catholic Queen Mary - her marriage to the Catholic King Philip of Spain was the thing thatwas agitating Croft and her friends. I don't think Mary had actually burned any Protestants yet at the time of this incident (and Croft certainly wasn't burned), but she certainly did so during her reign.

gaijin5 t1_j9sklzu wrote on February 24, 2023 at 6:37 AM

Ah fuck you're right. Thanks for expanding on that!