Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Martin, Colin, 1939-

Publication

• New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]
• ©2022

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943-

Description

x, 718 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 25 cm

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.

Subject

• 1485-1603
• Armada, 1588
• Shipwrecks > Ireland
• Shipwrecks > Scotland
• Shipwrecks
• Naval history
• Great Britain > History, Naval > Tudors, 1485-1603
• Spain > History > Philip II, 1556-1598
• Spain > History, Naval > 16th century
• Great Britain
• Ireland
• Scotland
• Spain

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• "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."

Bibliography (note)

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

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.

Call Number

JFE 23-1065

ISBN

• 9780300259865
• 0300259867

OCLC

1346318844

Author

Martin, Colin, 1939- author.

Title

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

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022]

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

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

Chronological Term

1485-1603

Added Author

Parker, Geoffrey, 1943- author.

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1065