LANCASTER PAMPHLETS
Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy, 15581603
Susan Doran
IN THE SAME SERIES
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Elizabeth I and Foreign
Policy, 15581603
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1. Great BritainForeign policy15581603. 2. Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 15331603Views on foreign relations. I. Title: Elizabeth the First and foreign policy. II. Title
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Map 1 The Natherlands (areas which returned to Spanish control 1581-8 are hetched)
Map 2 Spain and Portugal
Map 3 Brittany
Chart 1 Mary Queen of Scots and the Guise Family
Chart 2 the Valois and Bourbon Families
Chart 3 The Habsburg Rulers
TO MY PARENTS
CHRONOLOGY
1558 Loss of Calais (Jan.). Mary Queen of Scots married dauphin (Apr.). Accession of Elizabeth I (Nov.).
1559 Peace of Cateau-Cambresis (3 Apr.). Protestant rebellion in Scotland (May). Accession of Francis II (July).
1560 Treaty of Berwick (Feb.). Assault on Leith. Treaty of Edinburgh (July). Accession of Charles IX (Dec.).
1561 Marys return to Scotland (Aug.).
1562 Final session of Council of Trent. First Civil War in France (Mar.). Treaty of Hampton Court with Huguenots (Sep.). English occupation of Le Havre.
1563 Surrender of Le Havre (July). Embargo on English trade to Netherlands (Nov.).
1564 Resumption of Habsburg marriage-negotiations.
1565 Bayonne interview (June). Marys marriage to Lord Darnley (July).
1566 Political and religious unrest in Netherlands (summer).
156 Marys deposition (July). Alvas arrival in Netherlands (Aug.). End of Habsburg matrimonial negotiations (Dec.).
1568 Marys flight to England (May). San Juan de Ula (Sep.). Affair of Genoese treasure (Dec.).
1569 Suspension of Anglo-Spanish trade (Jan.). Northern Rising (Oct.).
1570 Assassination of Regent Moray in Scotland (Jan.). Papal bull of excommunication (Feb.).