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* [[The Woman Wearing the Queenly Mask]]: The sixteenth century, as has been pointed out, was an era of conspiracies and assassinations, and several attempts were made on Elizabeth's life and rule. Moreover, as she grew older, she seems to have keenly felt the loss of her youthful beauty and companions, and to have dreaded the approach of death.
* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]: Elizabeth is often celebrated for her sponsorship of dashing "[[Unusual Euphemism|Sea-Dogs]]" like Sir Francis Drake and John Hawkins. The romantic image often makes people forget that such men were, from a strictly ''legal'' and ''ethical'' standpoint, [[pirate]]s, who [[What Measure Is a Mook?|killed men]] and [[Kleptomaniac Hero|looted valuables]] in flagrant violation of the then-understood precepts of [[The Laws and Customs of War|international law]]. English nationalists have tried to justify this by [[wikipedia:Black Legend|painting the Spanish]] as an [[Asshole Victim|evil people who deserved such treatment]], but such a defense, whatever good it may do in the court of public opinion, would hardly pass muster in a courtroom or in a formal debate over ethics.
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