The Spanish Armada
Author:   Martin Parker ,  Colin Martin ,  Geoffrey Parker ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9781901341140


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 October 1999
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Martin Parker ,  Colin Martin ,  Geoffrey Parker ,  Rebecca Mortimer
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.451kg
ISBN:  

9781901341140


ISBN 10:   1901341143
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   28 October 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

"Part 1 The fleets approach: ""the greatest and strongest combination""; ""a fleet to impeach it"". Part 2 God's obvious design: ""the great bog of Europe""; armed neutrality, 1558-80; Cold War, 1581-85; the grand design and its architect; phoney war; the Armada take shape. Part 3 It came, went and was; the advance to Calais; the banks of Flanders; anatomy of failure; ""God breathed"". Part 4 The Armada in history and legend: victors and vanquished; if the Armada had landed."

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It is refreshing to come across a book which can be confidently pronounced to be the best in its field. This is one such. It combines the archival skills of one of our finest historians with the particular talents of an underwater archaeologist to provide the most compelling short account we have of the events of 1588. Few know the diplomatic documents from the reign of Spain's Philip II better than Parker, and Martin has examined the wrecked galleons which lie off the Scottish and Irish coasts. The result is an exciting narrative of the launching of the Armada and some interesting new ideas as to why it failed. (Kirkus UK)


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Colin Martin is Reader in Maritime Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews. Geoffrey Parker is Professor of History at Ohio State University.

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