
Strangers Settled Here Amongst Us
During the reign of Elizabeth I, large numbers of aliens immigrated into England for various reasons, most notably to escape religious persecution and the wars that wrecked the Continent in the sixteenth century. Much like governments facing immigration issues today, England''s governors struggled to strike a balance between the potentially beneficial and the potentially dangerous aspects of the a...
During the reign of Elizabeth I, large numbers of aliens immigrated into England for various reasons, most notably to escape religious persecution and the wars that wrecked the Continent in the sixteenth century. Much like governments facing immigration issues today, England''s governors struggled to strike a balance between the potentially beneficial and the potentially dangerous aspects of the a...