England and the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrel
by McDermott, James
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- Hardcover
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- Very Good Condition (ex-library)
- ISBN 10
- 030010698X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300106985
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Yale University Press, London, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition (ex-library). First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 411 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust jacket has been protected by it's library plastic cover.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Anglo-Spanish War of 1585-1603 was, to most contemporary Englishmen, a conflict for the soul of the nation. To their descendants, the Armada campaign of 1588 represented a watershed in European history that both preserved English freedoms and halted the momentum of an ambitious and alien empire. Yet the victorious nation had contributed much to the conflict. This book examines the process by which the Spaniard, a long-term ally and friend, became in English eyes the epitome of human depravity, and how resistance to his imagined goals helped shape an emerging sense of nationhood. The antipathies generated by this process ensured that the Armada campaign was a battle for different ideals of civilization. The protagonists expected the clash to be decisive, but what ensued was no heroic encounter. Instead it was an inconclusive affair, redeemed ??for England ??by atrocious weather and poor Spanish understanding of the coastlines of western Scotland and Ireland. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Spain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 030010698x. ISBN/EAN: 9780300106985. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 7209. . 9780300106985
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- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7209
- Title
- England and the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrel
- Author
- McDermott, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition (ex-library)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 030010698X
- ISBN 13
- 9780300106985
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Armada, 1588, Great Britain--History, Naval--Tudors, 1485-1603, Great Britain--Foreign relations--Spain, Spain--Foreign relations--Great Britain, Spain--History, Naval--16th century History; Spain; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; ISBN: 030010698x EA
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