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Thread #50683   Message #769568
Posted By: HuwG
22-Aug-02 - 09:02 AM
Thread Name: BS: Quiz - English History 400-2000 AD
Subject: RE: BS: Quiz - English History 400-2000 AD
1500-1600 - The queen led her troops to victory against the Scots

Hmm ... In 1513, Henry VIII went to campaign in France leaving Queen Catherine (of Aragon) in charge of the realm. The Scots, under James IV allied themselves to France invaded England. An English army under the Earl of Surrey defeated them at Flodden. (James IV died, and this condemned Scotland to a century of child monarchs and feuding nobles).

To claim that Queen Catherine had anything to do with this is going a bit far.

Queen Mary wasn't involved in any war against Scotland.

Elizabeth I intervened in a Scottish religious war; she sent her fleet to blockade the Forth and force the French army helping the Scottish Catholics to evacuate the country. Again, this doesn't exactly qualify as "victory against the Scots".

Overall, I think this one is "FALSE".