showed her potentials and showed exceptional intelligence‚ excelling at her studies well beyond any of the other royal children. When Elizabeth’s older sister Mary I came to the throne and married the Hapsburg prince of Spain‚ I was confused because the soon-to-be Philip II will be married to the Queen of England so how will they rule each the two nation? So I continued to watch the movie for me to find out. Mary would come to be known as "Bloody Mary" and I simply just smile and said that “Oh
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Governor General Guido de Lavezares to King Philip II of Spain mentions: “It seemed best to send Captain Juan de Salcedo with 70 or 80 soldiers to people the coast of Los Ilocano on the shores of the river called Bigan.” Salcedo then sailed from Manila on May 20‚ 1572 and arrived in Vigan on June 12‚ 1572. Thus‚ after the successful expedition and exploration of the North‚ Don Juan de Salcedo founded “Villa Fernandina de Vigan” in honor of King Philip II’s son‚ Prince Ferdinand who died at the tender
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Expulsion of Moors In 1492‚ Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II conducted a terms in which Muslims are allowed to preserve their mosques and religious institutions‚ to retain the use of their language and to continue to abide by their own laws and customs. But within seven years these terms had been broken. The Moors‚ the descendants of the Muslim population‚ were given a choice between to convert to Christianity or exile. For the majority‚ baptism was the only practical option. So the Spanish
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The Middle Ages or “The Dark Ages”‚ has quite a negative connotation‚ but is not quite as dark as you would think. The Dark Ages are referred to as the period of time during the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Specifically‚ The 16th century was a very pivotal time in history that began in the year of 1501 AD and had changed the world from that point on. Many important events from within the century have shaped our world to be the way it is. One being in 1531 when the Church of England broke free
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candidates: * Philip of Spain * Robert Dudley * Duke of Alenҫon * Eric of Sweden * William of Orange All of the suitors had their pros and cons like Philip of Spain was a strong alliance and very wealthy but he was married to Mary and he was very opposed to Elizabeth’s Religion (Protestant) and as he was catholic it would mean another change in religion. Also Duke of Alenҫon owned lots of French land however; he was also catholic and much younger than Elizabeth. Philip of Spain and the
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Department at the Rutgers University library‚ a folder of primary source documents titled “Rutgers Buildings and Grounds” obtains an article written by Daniel Y. Brink‚ a pastor at Kirkpatrick Chapel‚ states “in the 16th century‚ the King of Spain Philip II sent an army under the ruthless Duke of Alva to stamp out growing Protestant movement and to assert the Spanish authority...the people of the Netherlands suffered terribly under the cruelties of the invaders and ten thousand persons were put to
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Armada. Even her enemies doted upon her victory as well as her leadership skill. The Count of Feria remarked upon her Elizabeth’s leadership skill by noting: ”Not only was she “a young lass who‚ although sharp‚ is without prudence‚” he later wrote Philip that her impetuosity was all the more dangerous because she was “incomparably more feared than her sister‚ and gives her orders and has her way as absolutely as her father did. (Thomas 85 i.e.)”” Throughout Europe Elizabeth was well respected as
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her personal sacrifice on behalf of a nation. However‚ historical facts were omitted‚ for instance‚ her true age during the period shown; her position against Catholic priests‚ one of the reasons why the Pope of that time gives the permission to Philip II to invade England; or the defeat of the British Navy‚ which plunged England into a bankruptcy of which had to go out with
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article‚ Jensen talks about how Spain was unable to keep the Spanish Armada a secret‚ which eventually led to the downfall of Spain. Jensen asserts the reason behind the Spanish Armada was the rising tensions between the King and the Queen. The main reasons for the escalation of the tensions between them were “Elizabethan harassment of Spanish shipping” (Jensen‚ 1988) and “when
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exaggerated by England. For much of the sixteenth century Spain and England had been allies‚ this was due to the marriage of Philp II and Mary Tudor; Mary also had strong catholic beliefs and even killed many protestants in her reign‚ earning her the name ‘Bloody Mary’. However Mary’s death in 1558 meant the crown was passed to Mary’s half-sister; Elizabeth I.1 After Mary’s death Phillip had offered to marry Elizabeth‚ to keep the relations between Spain and England; however Elizabeth rejected his proposal
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