AN officer of the American navy has lately aroused widespread interest in the influence of sea power upon history. For England the subject has a very special significance. Supremacy at sea is the only ...

Readers who want a fast-paced account of how Elizabeth’s navy, led by such captains as Drake, Howard, and Frobisher, managed to defeat the Spanish Armada in battles fought in the English Channel, ...

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 ...

A virgin who refused to submit herself to a husband, a warrior who defeated the Spanish Armada, ‘Good Queen Bess’ beloved by her subjects – we all think we know Elizabeth I, says historian John Guy, ...

LONDON (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 the ...

Let’s say this for Catholic Spain’s King Phillip II, the man who in 1588 sent the Spanish Armada against the English: He had a devout Catholic’s faith in Divine Providence. So sure was he of God’s ...

Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1558 and died in 1603. She was queen for quite a long time, and under her reign, England went through a huge change of peace and prosperity. Her tiny navy somehow ...

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 ...

Let's say this for Catholic Spain's King Phillip II, the man who in 1588 sent the Spanish Armada against the English: He had a devout Catholic's faith in divine providence. So sure was he of God's ...