The movie that I watched was Elizabeth: The Golden Age directed by Shekhar Kapur. In 1585‚ Catholic Spain ‚ruled by King Philip II of Spain‚ is the most powerful country in the world. Philip intrigues war viewing Protestant England as a threat to his plan to bring Europe to Roman Catholicism‚ and in vengeance for English piracy of Spanish ships. Queen Elizabeth seeks counsel from her astrologer‚ Dr. John Dee‚ who predicts that the two empires will go to war‚ although he cannot foretell which will
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between 1400 and 1800‚ in a variety of nations and ways. Phillip II of Spain and Fredrick William the 1st of Prussia were monarchs with similar approaches in terms of absolutist reign accompanied by a strong military‚ yet they differed on foreign policy‚ economics‚ and religion. To begin‚ Phillip and Fredrick both felt entitlement to have divine right of their countries through absolutist and military rule. Philip II made Spain the largest navy fleet of its time‚ intimidating other nations. Fredrick
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predecessor‚ Mary I‚ had married Philip II of Spain before she died. Once Elizabeth came into power Philip asked for her hand in marriage. Philip offered to aid England with their war with France (England was losing badly‚ and it was also costing a lot) if she married him. If she won the war‚ it would show people she was a good queen‚ but if she didn’t it would be a bad start to her reign. If she married him she could have heirs’ to take the throne after her. But Philip was very unpopular in England
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The Spanish Armada took place in 1588 where King Philip II of Spain had planned this conquest with the hope of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I of England. He had many reasons as to invade England in the first place. England had the establishment of Protestantism whereas Spain was Roman Catholic‚ and Philip was in disagreement with that. He also wanted to stop the Dutch interferences in the Spanish Netherlands because they were seizing Spain’s treasure and were funding the people in the Netherlands
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rulers if their “freedoms are maintained” (Anthology‚ 2.24‚ p.200). William was worried that should these freedoms be removed the Netherlands would lose the prosperity they had known before. Problems had begun to surface when Philip II succeeded his father as king of Spain
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northern provinces and working-class people also converted partly to please their employers In 1559‚ Philip II appointed his half-sister Margaret as regent of the Netherlands who introduced the Inquisition to combat Calvinism and raised taxes In August 1566‚ Calvinists rampaged through the Low Countries aimed attacks at religious images and destroyed churches as well as burning irreplaceable libraries Philip II sent twenty thousand Spanish troops under the duke of Alva‚ opened his own tribunal (“Council
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History invisible armada (Spanish armada) In January 1588‚ Philip II sent a serious message to the Castile‚ the assembly in which the representatives of cities gathered: "You know all the business in which I have set for the service of God and increasing our holy Catholic faith and benefit of these kingdoms [...] This requires very large and overspending‚ because it does not go unless the security of the sea and the Indies and even their own homes. ""Enterprise" to which the king was referring to
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1. Introduction In July 1588 the Spanish Armada also known as “La Armada Grande” or “The Invincible Armada‚” sailed from Spain to overthrow England. The purpose of this invade was to put an end to the long aggressive toward colonies and take back the possession of the Spaniards which was being lead by Queen Elizabeth I. The invasion turned out to be a huge disaster costing the Spaniards a fortune. 2. Why ? : Problems Throughout the expedition many problems occurred to lead the Spaniards to
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succeeded? The relentless decline in relations between Spain and England post 1558 engender a feeling of certain inevitability within the hostilities that broke out in 1585. Although tension between the two countries was extremely high it took years of preparations to actually instigate war. When Mary Queen of England died Philip lost all attachments with England and when Elizabeth came to power England no longer remained Catholic‚ Philip felt that England had now become an enemy rather than an
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Prosperity II War of 3 Henry’s->Edict of Nantes ->Louis XIV-> revoking of Edict of Nantes -> Dutch religious toleration⋄ rise of the Dutch confederation Rousseau->Malthus-> Smith-> Darwin->Freud-> Dali Charles V -> Peace of Augsburg-> Defenestration of Prague-> Peace of Westphalia-> rise of nation state sovereignty III Ferdinand & Isabella->Charles V-> Philip II-> Dutch Revolt-> Treaty of Westphalia->end of Holy Roman Empire Luther-> Charles V-> Philip II->Mary I of England->sinking
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