Church? Or Empire?

Rating: 10/10 (24 March 2008)

**SPOILERS, I GUESS**
I don't know much about this period of European history so I can't speak for the accuracy, but one thing I gleaned from this film was that Philip of Spain was not interested in conquering England for the sake of the Catholic Church -- he wanted it for himself and his princess daughter. He betrayed the Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, precisely so he could have an excuse to attack. Certainly, he would have allied with Mary against Elizabeth and perhaps then married off his daughter to Mary's son or another heir to the throne, but it seems to me that Philip cared little for Mary or even the Pope, only for his own dynasty.
If there is a Tudor expert in the house who would care to comment, I would love to read what you have to say.