The bond between Elizabeth and her people was genuinely fervent

Evidence

It is hard, now, to say just how it began, or to analyse all the elements that went into it, but it rose in those years to a fervour the intense sincerity of which we cannot doubt, however stilted and rhetorical we may find its expression. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47
• XREF: connects to: Elizabeth’s bond with the English people was historically unprecedented in duration and intensity — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47; Queen Elizabeth personally inspected her army at Tilbury — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 770

Library Connections

• Elizabeth’s bond with the English people was historically unprecedented in duration and intensity #expands (0.90) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 47

Broader Connections

• Queen Elizabeth personally inspected her army at Tilbury #exemplifies (0.80) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 770