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search for Heather. And there I am. So let's get right into it. When the news reached England in

January of 1558, that Calais had fallen to the French, it was received with a shock. Calais

wasn't a distant outpost for people in England. It was part of their national identity, the last

foothold of the once great English empire in France.

It had belonged to the English for over two centuries, and now it was gone.

We are going to talk about Calais, how the English got it, how they kept it, and how they lost it,

why it was so important

and what its loss did to marry the first. Calais played such an important role in so many

different parts of Tudor history. We think about Anne Boleyn going on that famous trip to Calais

with Henry VIII, where they kind of solidified their relationship. She was presented as a consort

before they were even married. It played such an enormous role in English history. And when it was

lost, it devastated Mary the First. But how did Calais become part of England? How did this happen?

So we're going to go back and we're going to talk about that. When the news

came that Calais had fallen Mary the first, who was already quite unwell and her popularity was

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