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Mary I's foreign policy culminated with the loss of Calais. This was a humiliating loss for the English as Calais was the last outpost of England's medieval empire. Nevertheless, Mary was able to improve administration within the navy and the Militia Act in 1558 and the Arms Act in 1558 were both revolutionary in the way that they improved the efficiency of raising an army.
Mary I's foreign policy culminated with the loss of Calais. This was a humiliating loss for the English as Calais was the last outpost of England's medieval empire. Nevertheless, Mary was able to improve administration within the navy and the Militia Act in 1558 and the Arms Act in 1558 were both revolutionary in the way that they improved the efficiency of raising an army.
