In this episode, we discover the reasons that drove King Phillip to launch his mighty Spanish Armada against England.
The subsequent defeat of the Armada was seen by many as the high-point of the Elizabethan Age.
Queen Elizabeth stood at the peak of her power - Gloriana - and her country basked in a new self confidence as explorers took the oceans and playwrights took to the stage...
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