ABSTRACT
During the first fifteen years of Elizabeth's reign, efforts to solidify the loose Anglo-German alliance tried to overcome theological differences among Protestants and stand united against Catholicism. Philip Sidney's mission was his second trip to Germany and benefited from his previous travels on the European mainland from 1572 to 1575 when he established a significant network of cosmopolitan personalities. Daniel Rogers's charge was to confer with the Prince of Orange and Palsgrave on the defence of Protestantism by immediate military aid and articles for a long-term solution. The most ambitious embassy to the Princes was Robert Beale departed in late August, the formulators of policy had amassed a solid base of intelligence on the situation throughout the Empire. Despite the lack of a unified confederation of all German Protestants with the English Church and State, when viewed in the short and long terms from another perspective, these missions were successful.
