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For England, August 1588 would have been a frightening time. It was the month when the Spanish Armada was set to invade. I want to talk about the causes, events and aftermath of this event today.
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Intro / Outro song: Silent Partner, "Greenery" [ • Greenery - Silent Part... ]
Images:
Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Joos van Cleve (formerly attributed to both Hans Holbein and François Clouet). Painted between circa 1530 and circa 1535. Held in the Royal Collection
Portrait of Katherine of Aragon by an unknown artist, after a work attributed to Joannes Corvus. Painted in the early 18th century. Held in the National Portrait Gallery
Portrait of Charles V with a Dog by Jakob Seisenegger (1532). Held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum
Portrait of Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, Pope Clement VII by Sebastiano del Piombo. Painted circa 1531. Held in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Portrait of Edward VI of England by an unknown artist, possibly William Scrots. Painted after 1543. Held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of King Philip of Spain and Queen Mary I of England by Hans Eworth (1558). Held in Woburn Abbey
Coronation portrait of Elizabeth I by an unknown artist. Painted between 1600 and 1610 copy of a lost original of c. 1559. Held in the National Portrait Gallery
The St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre by François Dubois. Painted between circa 1572 and circa 1584. Held in the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts
Map of the route taken by the Spanish Armada from Wikimedia Commons
The Arrival of Queen Elizabeth I at Tilbury; and the Defeat of the Spanish Armada painted by an unknown artist of the English School. Painted in the seventeenth century. Held in St. Faith's Church, Norfolk
Portrait of Elizabeth I of England, the Armada Portrait by an unknown artist, formerly attributed to George Gower. Painted circa 1588. Three extant versions held in Woburn Abbey, the National Portrait Gallery and the Queen’s House at Royal Museums Greenwich
Quoted texts:
Elizabeth I’s speech, as it was said to have been delivered, to her troops at Tilbury, Essex on 9th August 1588