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The Spanish Armada 8 – Elizabeth’s Tilbury Speech

…her troops “with God in her heart, and a commaunding staffe in her hand” and saying the following:- “Come on now, my companions at arms, and fellow soldiers, in the…

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Mary I Enters London as Queen

…rayles with theyr streamers and banners of eury Company or occupation standinge at theyr rayles, eury Company in their best liueryes with theyr hoodes. Allso there were iiii great stages…

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Elizabeth and Leicester – Bess and Robin

…these questions – thank you, Jeane! You can read my review of Jeane’s novel, “His Last Letter: Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester”, at http://reviews.theanneboleynfiles.com/his-last-letter-by-jeane-westin/420 and bid for a…

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The Spanish Armada 6 – The Spanish Fleet Homeward Bound

…Ammunition was pretty much non-existent and food rations were low. All the Spanish commander, the Duke of Medina Sedonia could do was to try and salvage what was left of…

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Elizabeth I and Somerset House

…Gothic style of architecture and, instead, combined Doric and Ionic pillars in the most serious attempt at classical composition yet seen in England.” It is not known who Somerset used…

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The Myth of Bloody Mary

…my nerves. By nicknaming Mary I “Bloody Mary”, we are completely misunderstanding her, maligning her, perpetuating the myths about her and not giving her the credit she deserves for her…

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Elizabeth I’s Visit to Kenilworth Castle

…here; You are amongst your friends. Their comfort comes when you approach, And when you part it ends.” The Elizabethan Garden The privy garden was designed and made for Elizabeth…

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Elizabeth I and the threat posed by the Grey Sisters

…on the road travelling around the UK, but I thought you’d all be interested in reading this article from one of my favourite authors and historians, Leanda de Lisle:- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1293102/Katherine-Mary-Grey-Loved-locked-Virgin-Queen.html…

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The Armada Portrait

…purity and virginity. Pearls symbolised purity. Marilee Cody, on her excellent site on Tudor portraits – http://www.marileecody.com/eliz1-images.html – suggests that the pearls were Dudley’s last gift to Elizabeth and so…

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Elizabeth I – Queen of PR

…an air of holiness to her calling and inviting comparisons with the Virgin Mary.” The clear message was that Elizabeth was married to England, was the mother of her people…

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On Monsieur’s Departure

…malaria. Why am I writing about him here, on a website dedicated to Elizabeth? Because he was one of Elizabeth’s suitors and the man she affectionately called her “frog”. François,…

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The Cambridge Connections – Part 2

…“Cambridge Connections” we look a little more deeply into the lives of those involved and in their common purpose in helping Elizabeth continue the work of the humanist philosophers of…

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The Anne Boleyn Experience 2010

…at our Flickr page – http://www.flickr.com/photos/theanneboleynfiles/ I’m busy organising next year’s tours – there will be one in May 2011 and one in July 2011. I hope you can come!…

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The Fall of Anne Boleyn

…Boleyn’s execution on the 19th May so please do visit www.theanneboleynfiles.com – the first one is Mark Smeaton with the Marmalade in the Cupboard Notes 1 – The Lady in…

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Katherine the Queen by Linda Porter

…personal image owed much to her stepmother who guided and loved her during those formative years. Katherine had brought up a talented and determined girl, open-minded by the standards of…

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Sir Thomas Wyatt the Younger

…not to enjoy complete freedom, as she would be kept for a while under house arrest, but she must have been so relieved to be free of the place where…

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The Mirror of the Sinful Soul

…of Marguerite’s complex work, in that “it manages to reduce the complexities of the doctrine of justification by faith to two clear, simple sentences”, yet Elizabeth is only 11 years…

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A Response to “Did Robert Dudley Murder Amy Robsart?”

comments at https://www.elizabethfiles.com/did-robert-dudley-murder-amy-robsart/3611/ Dudley wrote to his agent Thomas Blout: “I have received a letter from one Smith, one that seemeth to be the foreman of the jury. I perceive…

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Update on “Did Robert Dudley Murder Amy Robsart?”

…(1995), the editor, Dr. Simon Adams (the greatest expert on Dudley), lists 300 pounds Dudley received from Forster in May 1559. Adams also comments on 310 pounds Dudley paid to…

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The Death of Elizabeth I

…at the Westminster Abbey Museum and there is a photo of it at www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk. You can also visit the Westminster Abbey page on Elizabeth I’s tomb at http://www.westminster-abbey.org/our-history/royals/burials/elizabeth-i. Rest in…