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The History of England

316 The Valois Extinguished

The History of England

David Crowther

Europe, Queen, England, Medieval, Politics, Royal, History, Parliament, English, King, Modern, Early Modern, Monarchy

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The defeat of the Armada feels in retrospect like a watershed in Elizabeth's reign; many of her closest advisers and companions died, and for the remainder of her reign England would be at war. Much of that war was fought on land, contrary to the normal story.

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This episode is sponsored by Find My Past, the largest collection of British and Irish records

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online, which includes exclusive access to the 1921 census by the way.

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The tools really helped to build a family tree, but more than that to build their stories

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too, which really was a bit of a hoot.

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an advert about it in the local paper.

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Good luck everyone and happy hunting.

1:33.3

Hello everyone and welcome to the history of England Episode 316 the VALUA Extinguished.

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Before I start I need to ask you for a bit of money, not for me, but for the Antony

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Nolan charity.

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Antony who, I hear you say, well Antony Nolan play a big part in the lives of people like

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