Is Your Favorite Movie Historically Accurate?

Published on July 24, 2019 By Jason Albert

Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)

Ok, so we’re in 1588 and the Spanish Armada is preparing to invade England. While that much might be true in 2014’s Elizabeth: The Golden Age, it turns out that about the only thing that is!

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Of course, it’s hard to decipher exactly what happened all those hundreds of years ago, but there is no evidence of a relationship between the Queen and Walter Raleigh. According to Raleigh’s journal, the Spanish never sunk a single ship. While we might not know for sure what happened, we’re confident that this movie doesn’t give the truth justice.