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The Spanish Armada: The Experience of War in 1588
by Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0198229267
- ISBN 13
- 9780198229261
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. In this well-written and documented book, Fernandez-Armesto examines the causes of the historical representation of the battle of 1588 and re-creates the event from both sides. The Spaniards, with their tendency to hyperbole, he says, exaggerate the defeat they suffered at British hands. The story told by the British he attributes to three distorting influences: the "black legend" of Spanish cruelty; the "Whig interpretation of English history," which paints the battle as a victory of English freedom over Spanish despotism; and "Protestant apologetics," according to which the confrontation proved the superiority of the Protestant religion.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010031134
- Title
- The Spanish Armada: The Experience of War in 1588
- Author
- Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0198229267
- ISBN 13
- 9780198229261
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1988
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 25 oz
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