Jerry Brotton is a professor of Renaissance studies at Queen Mary University of London. He is a renowned broadcaster and critic, and author of The Renaissance Bazaar, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, Great Maps, and award-winning A History of the World in Twelve Maps, which has been translated into eleven languages.
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When Queen Elizabeth was excommunicated by the pope in 1570, she found herself in an awkward predicament. Now England's key markets would be closed to her Protestant merchants. To complicate matters the staunchly Catholic king of Spain was determined to d... SEE MORE