Category: Elizabeth I’s Achievements
Elizabeth I, Gloriana, but what did she really achieve?
Spanish Armada 9 – God Blew and They Were Scattered
On this day in history, the 20th August 1588, a thanksgiving service was held at St Paul’s in London to…
Painting the Armada Exhibition
Visitors to London this summer will be able to visit a wonderful exhibition of six huge paintings of the Spanish…
The Spanish Armada 8 – Elizabeth’s Tilbury Speech
On the 9th August 1588 (old calendar) Elizabeth I appeared before her troops gathered at Tilbury. In her article “The…
The Spanish Armada 7 – Elizabeth I Visits Tilbury
Even though the remaining ships of the Spanish Armada were homeward bound, England was still expecting to be threatened by…
The Spanish Armada 6 – The Spanish Fleet Homeward Bound
By the first week of August 1588, the battered, defeated and demoralised Spanish Armada had started the first part of…
The Spanish Armada 5 – The Protestant Wind
On the 30th July 1588 the wind changed and the remaining ships of the Spanish Armada were forced northwards and…
The Spanish Armada 4: The Battle of Gravelines
The day after the English had wrecked the crescent formation of the Spanish Armada and caused havoc, they attacked the…
The Spanish Armada 3: The Hell-burners
At midnight on this day in history, the 28th July 1588, five hell-burners were ordered to be sent amongst the…
The Spanish Armada 1: The Assembling of Troops at Tilbury Fort
On this day in history, the 26th July 1588, 4,000 men assembled at Tilbury Fort, the fort built on the…
The Cambridge Connections – Part 2
This is the second part of author Robert Parry’s examination of the “Cambridge Connections” which Anne Boleyn gave her daughter,…
Act of Uniformity 1559
On the 8th May 1559, Queen Elizabeth I gave her approval to the Acts of Uniformity and Supremacy which had…
Elizabeth I’s Reign – Just Survival?
I have been reading G J Meyer’s The Tudors: The Complete Story of England’s Most Notorious Dynasty, which is an…
The Mirror of the Sinful Soul
Today, on Maundy Thursday (or Holy Thursday), the day we commemorate the Last Supper which Jesus Christ shared with his…
Elizabeth I: The Speechmaker
Today in celebration of International Women’s Day and Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first female director to win an Oscar, I…
Elizabeth I’s Image
This post continues from The Anne Boleyn Files post “Henry VIII’s England” which is an article on last night’s episode…
Plots Against Elizabeth I
One of Elizabeth I’s main achievements has got to be actually becoming Queen by not only rising above her illegitimacy…
Cecil’s Fast and Elizabeth I’s Navy
I’ve been spending my evenings watching a DVD that my daughter had for Christmas, a TV series called “Tales from…
Elizabeth I’s Coronation Chart
451 years ago today, at 12pm on January 15th 1559*, Elizabeth I was crowned Queen of England, a huge achievement…
Elizabeth I – England’s Greatest Monarch?
I thought it would be good to move away from the myths, rumour and scandal that surround this great lady,…
