The English defeated the Spanish Armada ... good war strategy, or support for the arts. Olives represented peace, bones and skeletons represented death, and gloves represented elegance. Queen ...

The greatest challenge to Elizabeth was first sighted in the English Channel on 29 July 1588. This was the Spanish Armada, a fleet of armed ships sailing towards England in a crescent formation.

The greatest challenge to Elizabeth was first sighted in the English Channel on 29 July 1588. This was the Spanish Armada, a fleet of armed ships sailing towards England in a crescent formation.