The Spanish Armada; Revised Edition

by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker

• ISBN13: 9780719058103
• ISBN10: 0719058104
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2002-03-06
• Publisher: Mandolin

Summary

The Spanish Aramdais a radical interpretation of why Philip II's Armada of 1588 failed so disastrously. This new edition is based on a fresh examination of archival sources across Europe, combined with the archeaological investigation of some of its wrecked ships off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland. The new edition has been extensively revised to incorporate ten further years of research by the authors and others, and is likely to remian the standard account for years to come.

Author Biography

Colin Martin is Reader in Maritime Archaeology at the University of St. Andrews.

Geoffrey Parker is Professor of History at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

List of Figures, Maps and Tables	vii
Preface to the 1988 Edition	xi
Preface to the 1999 Edition	xiii
Note on the Text	xiv
List of Abbreviations	xv
Chronology	xviii
Introduction	1	(9)
PART I THE FLEETS APPROACH
`The greatest and strongest combination'	10	(20)
`A fleet to impeach it'	30	(17)
PART II `GOD'S OBVIOUS DESIGN'
`The great bog of Europe'	47	(10)
Armed neutrality, 1558-80	57	(14)
Cold war, 1581-5	71	(11)
The Grand Design and its architect	82	(19)
Phoney war	101	(13)
The Armada takes shape	114	(25)
PART III `IT CAME, WENT, AND WAS'
The advance to Calais	139	(28)
The banks of Flanders	167	(17)
Anatomy of failure	184	(25)
`God breathed'	209	(25)
PART IV THE ARMADA IN HISTORY AND LEGEND
Victors and vanquished	234	(15)
If the Armada had landed	249	(12)
Appendix 1 Tables of the opposing fleets	261	(8)
Appendix 2 Spanish and English guns in 1588	269	(9)
Bibliography	278	(9)
Index	287