Pope Gregory VII may have humiliated the Emperor Henry IV, as Innocent III later humiliated Philip Augustus of France and King John of England.

ECONOMIST: Medieval history

In 1588, the Spanish Armada of about 125 ships sent by Philip II to try to invade England was defeated by an English fleet under Lord Howard and Sir Francis Drake.

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Philip Shaw, chief economist at the investment bank Investec, said the Bank of England's monetary policy decisions were getting more difficult to predict.

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Prince Philip whose wife, Queen Elizabeth, is head of the Church of England and Mr Ban (see picture above) formally approved plans presented by all the religions present to cut their own emissions and promote green ideas.

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Philip was married and widowed four times: to Maria of Portugal, Mary Tudor of England, Elisabeth of Valois and Anna of Austria, his niece.

ECONOMIST: Spanish empire

Prince Philip II of Spain gave it as a wedding gift to his wife, Mary Tudor of England.

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The report's author, Professor Philip Leather of the University of Birmingham, drew together findings from 14 different research projects in England, Scotland and Wales.

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