Elizabeth I (TRIH ep 39)
1558 · Resource
Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook interview historian Tracy Borman about Elizabeth I, exploring how the queen’s image, politics and personal history produced enduring fame. Borman argues Elizabeth’s mastery of public presentation, pragmatism on religion and careful use of patronage underpinned the stability and cultural flowering of her reign.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1558
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- English Reformation (1533)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- William Shakespeare (1564)