“We have 10 volumes of handwritten manuscripts,” says Julian Harrison, librarian at the British Library. It covers “literally hundreds of clips”.
But modern imaging technology is now revealing what is on the censored pages of the Guardian, aka The Virgin Queen Or she was called the “Virgin Queen”.
Author self-censored
annals He was instrumental in chronicling the reign of Elizabeth I, which ran from 1558 until her death in 1603. The work appeared in four volumes – three in 1615 and the last in 1625.
According to the researchers, author William Camden may have chosen to censor and edit the work himself, because earlier editions contained information displeasing to the Queen’s successor, James I.
It now appears, among other things, that Camden’s claim that Elizabeth had the Scottish King James in mind early on as her successor was a later addition.
Camden also removed a passage on a possible assassination attempt on Elizabeth I in 1598. The perpetrator is said to have identified Scottish King James as the mastermind behind a plot against the Queen.
The claim turned out to be false, but James probably wouldn’t have appreciated it anyway if the event had been mentioned.
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