Padberg, John. “Secret, Perilous Project: A Woman Jesuit”. Company Magazine.
Philip II King of Spain
Standard Name: Philip II,, King of Spain
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Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Basset | MB
's second husband had at the time of their marriage already been imprisoned in the Tower of London; upon Mary Tudor
's accession, James Basset travelled on diplomatic missions between Mary and Philip of Spain |
Literary Setting | Emma Robinson | This was set in the days when the Dutch Protestants in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium and part of northern France), led by William of Orange
(that is, William the Silent, 1533-84), rebelled... |
Textual Features | Elizabeth Boyd | |
Textual Features | Mrs F. C. Patrick | In the later stages of the novel, Anthony is in love with Lady Maria, an unrecorded daughter of Mary, Queen of Scots (a plot twist which must ultimately be owed to Sophia Lee
and The... |
Textual Features | Catherine Gore | |
Textual Features | Kate O'Brien | The novel centres on an actual historical character, Ana, Princess of Eboli, also known as Ana de Mendoza
(familiar to admirers of Verdi
's opera Don Carlo as Princess Eboli), a Spanish great lady of... |
Textual Production | Jean Plaidy |
Timeline
1554: Juana of Austria, sister of Philip II of...
Building item
1554
Juana of Austria
, sister of Philip II
of Spain, was secretly accepted into the Jesuit
order under the false name Mateo Sanchez.
Wright, Jonathan. God’s Soldiers. Doubleday, 2004.
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July 1554: One year after succeeding to the throne,...
National or international item
July 1554
One year after succeeding to the throne, Mary Tudor
married Philip of Spain
, thereby strengthening the hand of others who wished, as she did, to re-Catholicize England.
Lee, Sophia. The Recess. Editor Alliston, April, University Press of Kentucky, 2000.
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Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
9: 778
September 1558: The Emperor Charles V died at Yuste in Extremadura,...
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September 1558
The Emperor Charles V
died at Yuste in Extremadura, two years after abdicating from the Holy Roman Empire
which he had created.
Bozman, Ernest Franklin, editor. Everyman’s Encyclopaedia. 4th Edition, J. M. Dent, 1958, 12 vols.
1580: Philip II acquired Portugal to add to the...
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1580
Philip II
acquired Portugal to add to the possessions of the Spanish crown; Portugal and its overseas possessions remained Spanish until 1640.
Pagden, Anthony. “Great Expectations of Themselves”. London Review of Books, 17 Apr. 2003, pp. 32-3.
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By the end of August 1588: The attempted invasion of England by Philip...
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By the end of August 1588
The attempted invasion of England by Philip II
's Spanish Armada was defeated.
Guy, John. “The Tudor Age (1485-1603)”. Oxford Illustrated History of Britain, edited by Kenneth O. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1984, pp. 223-85.
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