The Spanish Armada By Garrett Mattingly

The armada is a popular history by garrett mattingly a historian who taught at columbia university about the attempt of the spanish armada to invade england in 1588.

The spanish armada by garrett mattingly.

The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian garrett mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign which captured the attention of the european world and played a deciding role in the settlement of the. Well now i have and it did not disappoint. Garrett mattingley was an american historian who established a considerable reputation in europe and in particular the uk as the author of renaissance diplomacy 1955 which analysed the origins of diplomacy and the diplomatic profession in the courts of fifteenth century italy. In 1960 he won a pulitzer prize for the defeat of the spanish armada early life and education.

Garrett mattingly may 6 1900 december 18 1962 was a professor of european history at columbia university who specialized in early modern diplomatic history. One biographer wrote that the armada was. His book on the spanish armada appeared in 1959. The esteemed and critically acclaimed historian garrett mattingly explores all dimensions of the naval campaign which captured the attention of the european world.

While i am sure that some of its interpretations are dated. Chronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century the armada is the definitive story of the english fleet s infamous defeat of the spanish armada in 1588. Chronicling one of the most spectacular events of the sixteenth century the armada is the definitive story of the english fleet s infamous defeat of the spanish armada in 1588.