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    "I My Self": Queen Elizabeth I’s Oration at Tilbury Camp Author(s): Janet M. Green Source: The Sixteenth Century Journal‚ Vol. 28‚ No. 2 (Summer‚ 1997)‚ pp. 421-445 Published by: The Sixteenth Century Journal Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2543451 . Accessed: 27/06/2013 08:44 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars

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    Henry VIII and his daughters. Interesting Facts about Henry VIII Looking for fast and interesting facts about King Henry VIII? Check out these fast‚ interesting‚ important and even little known facts about the famous King of England - the Great King Henry VIII of England * Fact 1 - King Henry VIII married six times. The names of his wives were Katherine of Aragon‚ Anne Boleyn‚ Jane Seymour‚ Anne of Cleves‚ Catherine Howard and Katherine Parr * Fact 2 - The following rhyme details the order

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    REFORMATION PRESENTED‚ ROBERT BARNETT Ph.D. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR HIST485: MEDIEVAL ENGLAND ANDREW H. DAVIDSON 15 JULY 2010 KING HENRY VIII AND THE REFORMATION For many years leading up to the reign of King Henry VIII‚ zealous souls were searching more than ever for a meaningful faith-based life for themselves and all of society. The people of England were becoming more and more confused about what the Church actually taught and were developing skeptical feelings

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    “The personal religious beliefs of Edward VI‚ Mary I and Elizabeth I explain the religious changes of the period 1547-1566” how far do you agree? The period of 1547-1566 was a period of religious uncertainty and discontinuity. Edward and Elizabeth were both sworn Protestants‚ whereas Mary on the other hand saw Protestantism as Heresy. During this period there were several acts which changed the official religious status of England from Protestant to Catholic and back to Protestantism again but

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    The Spanish Armada was a fleet sent by Philip II of Spain to fight against Queen Elizabeth I in an effort to defeat Protestant England. The Spanish Armada is interesting because its defeat came unexpectedly when a fleet of 130 ships and 30‚000 men were defeated by a smaller scale counter-attacking convoy sent by the English. The nation’s current strategic planning was based on mistakes from previous battles‚ such as the Spanish Armada. Learning from these mistakes‚ the army‚ navy‚ and military can

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    ‘Religion was the biggest problem Elizabeth faced in 1558’ Do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer (8) Undoubtedly religion was a huge problem Elizabeth faced in 1558 as English society had been divided by frequent changes from the Roman Catholic Church to being Protestant following each succession leading to Elizabeth’s succession in 1558. Furthermore‚ puritans posed a huge threat to Elizabeth because in their eyes a monarch was to be a man – as a woman in Elizabethan society was

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    still‚ Elizabeth encountered a situation which threatened her position as monarch during the Northern Rebellion of 1569‚ when people were reluctant to accept her as the rightful ruler and she faced further threats due to the situation abroad and in her attempts for religious change; thus making her position vulnerable. In addition‚ Elizabeth I faced hostility from others who were against her views such as in the Babington Plot which was a last attempt to create a rebellion against Elizabeth in support

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    Protestantism. The threats posed by Mary Queen of Scots‚ as well as those of the Spanish Armada of 1588 and the war with Spain (which dominated the last twenty years of Elizabeth’s reign)‚ were consequences of a Catholic desire to gain supremacy in England. However‚ the extent to which the Catholic threat was centred on Mary Queen of Scots is debateable. Whilst she was undoubtedly a figurehead for Catholic opposition to Elizabeth’s rule and was the monarchical figure around whom several treasonous plots

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    downhearted but finally laughed and said‚ according to a wikipedia article titled “Francis Drake” (January 9‚ 2012) “Our voyage is mad‚ lads!”. Drake had returned to Plymouth by August 9‚ 1573. After his successful raid in Tierra Firme‚ Elizabeth I of England sent Drake on an expedition along the Pacific coast of the Americas against the Spanish. After facing storms‚ a loss of men and ships‚ serious injuries and a whole winter along the Pacific coast‚ Drake finally captured a Spanish ship carrying

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    Church and his radical changes to the England Constitution. King Henry ruled England for 36 years. King Henry was born on June 1491 Greenwich‚ United Kingdom. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502‚ Henry became heir to the English throne. Henry was crowned at the age of 17 as king of England. Henry married Catherine of Aragon six weeks after becoming King. Henry had six siblings. His mother was Elizabeth of York and his father was Henry VI of England‚ Henry was the third child of the family

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