Mary's execution directly precipitated the Spanish Armada invasion attempt of 1588, as Philip II used it as justification to attack England.

64:12didn't want to execute Mary Queen of Scots was she she knew that it would set off a firestorm of protest in Catholic Europe, and it would make England even more of a rogue state as viewed from Madrid, for example. And this execution is going to have extraordinarily um tumultuous and fearful consequences, isn't it, for England in this struggle with the Spanish? >> It absolutely is. Because 1588, which is

64:41the year that follows Mary's execution, is going to be the year that Philip of Spain attempts to invade England to overthrow Elizabeth, the heretic queen, once and for all, to restore this Protestant rogue state, as you put it, to papal supremacy, to Catholicism, because 1588 is going to be the year of the Spanish Armada. >> So much to look forward to. But we will be coming to the Spanish Armada um much

65:16later. Because we will be changing the record a little bit next week. Only a little bit because we'll still be there'll still be some Catholic versus Protestants and indeed Protestant versus Catholic action because we will be coming much further forward in time. We'll be coming to Belfast in the 1960s for the beginning of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. And of course Rest Is History Club members will be able to get

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