Suggestion: Google Edmund Campion.
Google Douai --- well, I'll give you this one. Here you go:
Douai is the city in northern France which sheltered and educated thousands of Catholics escaping the bloodbath in England. Specifically, the "English College" at Douai University, but also the Irish and Scottish colleges and the Benedictine, Franciscan and Jesuit houses.
You've heard of the Douay-Rheims Bible (as they spelled it then) --- the English translation used by English-speaking Catholics almost exclusively for more than 300 years?
No, I have never heard of the Douay-Rheims Bible. Mainly the King James bible and some of the modern reworkings of the bible. At my desk I have the New International Version, NIV Study Bible from Zondervan Bibles. I don’t know anything about it’s reputation, but I like the fact that about 1/3rd of every page has explanations on the actual bible words above. Also the modern language makes it much easier to understand what is going on in some of the more difficult passages.
I don’t know the facts about the brutal treatment of priests and those who sheltered them, but I recently read a book about the 2,000 year history of London. In it was described the foul treatment of the French Hugonauts (sp) which caused many to flee to England when conditions got too bad. At any rate, a while ago I encountered a figure of 10,000 for the number of Mary’s victims. Do you have any figures on Henry VIII and Elizabeth’s victims?
I decided to try to find more information on royal behavior. This link points out that while the total number of religious people killed by QE1 was greater than by Queen Mary, she reigned over many more years so the annual deaths would have been lower.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Elizabeth_I_of_England