When Queen Mary I died, and with her England's brief and bloody restoration of Catholicism, she was replaced with Elizabeth I, who reimposed Protestantism. But Philip II of Spain, Mary's widower, didn ...

Michael Barry has already published four impressive books on Spain, and this fifth, about the famous Spanish Armada, places special emphasis on the fates of some of the expedition along the Irish ...

In the Western consciousness, there are two main narratives of Spain’s attempted invasion of England in 1588. The first and most dominant in the Anglophone world can be characterized as the Protestant ...

The famed battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588 pitted King Philip II's massive invasion fleet against outnumbered British defenders. Harried and confused by the British, the fleet's return to Spain ...

On Sept. 21, 1588, a savage storm lashed the western coast of Ireland. As the gale intensified, three bulky ships ran aground on the sands of Streedagh Strand, north of Sligo. Part of a formidable ...

LONDON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - A set of 10 hand-drawn, 16th century maps showing the progress of the Spanish Armada that attacked England in 1588, an event that shaped national identity, will remain in ...

Senior Spanish Navy officers Lt. Javier Gago and Lt. Jg. Guillermo Maza of the OPV Centinela lay a wreath at Streedagh beach in memory of the Spanish Armada dead of 1588. Pic: Charlie Brady Spanish ...

Rare maps detailing the defeat of the Spanish Armada are set to go on public display for the first time. The 10 maps, drawn in 1589, are believed to be the earliest representation of the naval battles ...