Elizabeth I

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Elizabeth I: the monarch behind the mask

The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: England’s lucky escape

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Elizabeth I’s faithful tutor

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Procession portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How Elizabeth I used parties as a weapon against the Catholic threat to her throne

A portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s ‘spymaster’. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

Sir Francis Walsingham: spy-master extraordinaire and Elizabeth I’s security chief

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The spies of Queen Elizabeth I . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Library The career of one of England's most well-known kings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A woodcut showing the Globe Theatre, one of London's most famous landmarks and the venue most closely associated with Shakespeare's plays. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Where history happened: Elizabethan drama . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from Edmund Spenser's 'Shepherd's Calendar' (1597). The concept of 'society' entered the English language in the 16th century, and its influence was soon being felt in all corners of the nation. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

The Library The Elizabethan big society

Elizabethan adventurer, courtier, navigator and historian Sir Walter Ralegh –

The Library Walter Ralegh: the heroic traitor

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Elizabeth I: Fortune’s Bastard?

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The Library The battle of Quebec and the jealousy of a queen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.