The expulsion of the Sea Beggars from Dover and other English Channel ports in 1572 was one of the most consequential pieces of Tudor coastal policy. By forcing the Dutch privateers out of English harbour, Elizabeth I inadvertently triggered the capture of Brielle which became the foundation of the Dutch Revolt. The episode illustrates how Tudor coastal England was deeply entangled in the wider religious and political conflicts of sixteenth-century Europe.
None at Dover; subsequent Brielle capture caused Dutch and Spanish casualties
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