Tilbury speech
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A new interpretation of 1580s events
Armada, Battle of Bosworth, Battle of Sedgemoor, Buckingham rebellion, Duke of Medina Sidonia, Duke of Parma, Elizabeth I, executions, Fotheringhay, France, French Wars of Religion, Glorious Revolution, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, James of Monmouth, James VII/II, John Ashdown-Hill, John Hawkins, Lisbon, Lord Howard of Effingham, Marie de Guise, Mary II, Mary Stuart, Monmouth Rebellion, naval battles, Netherlands, Phillip II, Plymouth, Portland, Richard III, Scotland, Sir Francis Drake, Spain, Tilbury speech, William IIIWe all know that Mary Stuart was beheaded at Fotheringhay on 8 February 1587 and that the Spanish Armada sailed to facilitate a Catholic invasion of England in the following year, leaving Lisbon on 28 May and fighting naval battles in late July, at Plymouth and Portland. The traditional view is that Mary Stuart’s execution…
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