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. The conversation addresses rumours about Elizabeth’s virginity (Borman supports the virgin-queen interpretation), the trauma of Thomas Seymour...
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Around 1558
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)