Armada : the Spanish enterprise and England's deliverance in 1588 / Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Colin, 1939- author.

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943- author.

Standardized Title:

Spanish Armada

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armada, 1588.

Great Britain--History, Naval--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain.

Spain--History--Philip II, 1556-1598.

Spain.

Spain--History, Naval--16th century.

Shipwrecks--Ireland.

Shipwrecks.

Shipwrecks--Scotland.

Ireland.

Scotland.

Genre:

History.

Naval history.

Physical Description:

x, 718 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, maps (some color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

[New edition]

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Drawing on archives from around the world, Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker also deploy new evidence from Armada shipwrecks off the coasts of Ireland and Scotland. Their illustrated account provides a fresh understanding of how the rival fleets came into being; how they looked, sounded, and smelled; and what happened when they finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain inevitable, and at the political and dynastic aftermath, Armada deconstructs the many legends to reveal why, ultimately, the bold Spanish mission failed.

Contents:

'Arise O Lord and avenge thy cause'

'The great bog of Europe'

'A fleet to impeach it'

Armed neutrality, 1558-80

Cold war, 1581-5

The Grand Design and its architect

Phoney war

The Armada takes shape

Medina Sidonia takes charge

Advance to contact

Battle stations

Stalemate in the Channel

The test of battle

'God blew and they were scattered'

From dispersal to disaster

Analysis of failure

The bitterness of defeat

The counter-Armada

If the Armada had landed

The Armada in history and legend

The Armada shipwrecks.

Notes:

"Armada represents a new edition, fully revised and substantially expanded of Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker's, The Spanish Armada, which was originally published in 1988."--Dust jacket front flap.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 642-674) and index.

ISBN:

9780300259865

0300259867

OCLC:

1346318844