The Spanish Armada and Drake in English and Spanish Literatures

The Spanish Armada and Drake in English and Spanish Literatures

Eroulla Demetriou, José Ruiz Mas

Språken
FörlagIberoamericana Editorial Vervuert
ISBN9783968695365

Spain's decadence and England's rise to power is commonly believed to be the result of the uncontested victory of the English navy over Philip II and the Duke of Medina Sidonia's obsolete and slow Spanish Armada in 1588. Recurrent images of the Protestant God-sent winds and storms against England's