The origin of the source, “Heretic Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and the Wars of Religion” is a secondary source written by Susan Ronald. It was published by St. Martin’s Press, New York in 2012. The purpose of this source is to provide information about the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Specifically, it was written to educate the reader on the religious values of Queen Elizabeth and how her values affected her actions during her rule in the mid-1500’s. This source serves as a value to figure out how nursery rhymes were used as political commentary because it bestows important information on the actions and justifications of Queen Elizabeth’s war on Catholicism in England during the 1500’s. Many nursery rhymes were written in that time period in England
