3. Story of England: Tudor Feuds, Explorers and Fanatics
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The History of the Spanish Armada
The Spanish Armada, the reasons behind it, is partly this almost this continual cold war between England and Spain. Most of it was driven by religion and the desire of Spain to restore England to the realm of the Catholic kingdoms of Europe. Drake, Hawkins, Frobisher, they all come together to fight the Spanish Armada in that long-running campaign right along the coast south coast of England. But above all, people like Drake, he was still a pirate. He spent half of the time trying to pick out Spanish ships and attack them, and he was censured afterwards for pursuing his own agenda rather than Queen Elizabeth's agenda. By the time Elizabeth I dies in 1603,
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