Elizabeth I: The Shadow of the Tower (TRIH ep 618, part 3)
1553 · Resource
This episode examines the transition from Mary I to Elizabeth I, challenging the caricature of Mary as simply "Bloody Mary" by situating her policies in Tudor political and religious contexts. The hosts discuss John Foxe's Acts and Monuments and how Protestant propaganda shaped Mary’s reputation.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1553
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- 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)