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Spanish Armada
fleet of Spanish ships, intended to attack England in 1588
Elizabethan era
epoch in English history marked by the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
Tudor architecture
architectural style
English Renaissance
cultural and artistic movement in England dating from the late 15th century to the early 17th century
Tudor period
historical era in England coinciding with the rule of the Tudor dynasty
plantations of Ireland
history of British colonization of Ireland
Field of the Cloth of Gold
summit meeting in Pale of Calais in 1520
English Armada
1589 fleet of warships sent to Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England
Raglan Castle
late medieval castle in Monmouthshire, Wales
Great Bible
English Bible translation, published in 1539; authorized by Henry VIII of England
Anthony Roll
record of ships of the English Tudor navy of the 1540s
Tudor conquest of Ireland
war and conquest
Lucas Horenbout
Flemish artist and court miniaturist to King Henry VIII (1490-1544)
Battle of the Solent
naval conflict between England and France in 1545
Treaty of Greenwich
1543 treaty between England and Scotland
Coverdale Bible
English translation of the Bible by Myles Coverdale, published in 1535; the first complete Modern English translation of the Christian Bible
Throckmorton Plot
attempt by English Catholics to depose Elizabeth I
Second Spanish Armada
fleet of Spanish ships, intended to attack England in 1596
Third Spanish Armada
1597 fleet of Spanish ships, intended to attack England
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
famous speech by Elizabeth I of England to soldiers about to face the Spanish Armada
secretary hand
style of European handwriting
Treaty of the More
1525 treaty between England and France
gong farmer
person who dug out and removed human excrement from privies and cesspits
Packwood House
Grade I listed historic house museum in Warwick, United Kingdom
Border reivers
raiders from late 1200s to the beginning of the 1600s along the Anglo-Scottish border
Bolebroke Castle
castle in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, UK
Artists of the Tudor court
painters and limners engaged by the Tudor dynasty between 1485 and 1603
Tudor London
history of London during the Tudor period
chancery hand
any of several styles of historic handwriting
Greenwich armour
type of plate armor