Disasters at Sea by Liz Mechem

Disasters at Sea by Liz Mechem

Author:Liz Mechem
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2013-12-31T16:00:00+00:00


A model of the Mary Rose

The Spanish Armada

MIGHT OF AN EMPIRE

T he Spanish Armada was driven by three primary forces—politics, religion, and national wealth. In 1588, King Philip II of Spain planned what he hoped would be a definitive naval attack on England. With an unprecedented force of some 130 ships, he intended to eliminate the burgeoning Protestant faith and policies espoused by Queen Elizabeth I of England. This was a period of widespread religious strife between Catholics and Protestants through much of Europe. Philip also wanted to strike back at English interference with Spanish trade in the New World and shore up Spanish holdings in Flanders (present-day Belgium) and the Netherlands.

But things did not go as planned. Spain’s decisive defeat at the hands of the English—aided by wind, weather, and luck—proved a turning point in the balance of world power. Protestant England superseded Catholic Spain in dominance of the seas. The shift had profound effects on trade, culture, and geopolitics that are evident even today.



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