The Flanders armada, took shape in response to the use of seapower by the Dutch rebels, and evolved into the most effective unit in Spain's defence establishment. In combination with its privateering auxiliaries, this elite striking force dominated the North Sea for some twenty years (1625-45), and campaigned also in the Mediterranean and Atlantic theatres of war. Yet its contribution to the tenacious survival of Spanish hegemony has never before been assessed. A narrative of the armada's fighting record over the century of its meaningful existence is presented with constant reference to the strategic-logistical context and analysis of policymaking in Madrid. Attention is paid to the political significance of maritime policy, and particularly the relationship between Madrid and its subordinate headquarters in Brussels; the infrastructure of the armada; the ships themselves, above all the revolutionary but elusive 'frigate'; the social hierarchy of crews and commanders; and details of administration and financing.
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A history of the Flanders armada and its contribution to the tenacious survival of Spanish hegemony. A narrative of its fighting record in the North Sea, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic is presented, with constant reference to the strategic-logistical context and analysis of policymaking in Madrid.
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Both as explosive event and as counting phenomenon, the Revolt of the Netherlands was the fundamental conditioning factor in the experience of Spain's European hegemony. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fernando, North Sea, United Provinces, Low Countries, Spanish Netherlands, Supreme Council, Don Juan, Spanish Monarchy, Castel Rodrigo, Armada del Mar, Archduchess Isabel, Les Corsaires, Archduke Albert, Rahn Phillips, San Sebastian, Prize Tribunal, Truce of Antwerp, Gabriel de Roy, Lope de Hoces, Luis de Luyando, Council of the Indies, Don Pedro, Miguel de Salamanca, Alonso de Uribarri, Archduke Leopold-William New!
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Both as explosive event and as counting phenomenon, the Revolt of the Netherlands was the fundamental conditioning factor in the experience of Spain's European hegemony. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Don Fernando, North Sea, United Provinces, Low Countries, Spanish Netherlands, Supreme Council, Don Juan, Spanish Monarchy, Castel Rodrigo, Armada del Mar, Archduchess Isabel, Les Corsaires, Archduke Albert, Rahn Phillips, San Sebastian, Prize Tribunal, Truce of Antwerp, Gabriel de Roy, Lope de Hoces, Luis de Luyando, Council of the Indies, Don Pedro, Miguel de Salamanca, Alonso de Uribarri, Archduke Leopold-William New!
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- The Dutch Revolt by Geoffrey Parker on page 3, page 4, and Back Matter
- Galleys in the Netherlands by L. Th Lehmann on page 164, and Back Matter
- The Thirty Years' War by Geoffrey Parker on page 58, and Back Matter
- Six Galleons for the King of Spain: Imperial Defense in the Early Seventeenth Century (Softshell Books) by Carla Rahn Phillips on page 35, and Back Matter
- Gunpowder and Galleys: Changing Technology and Mediterranean Warfare at Sea in the 16th Century, Revised Edition by John Francis Guilmartin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Spanish Naval Power, 1589-1665: Reconstruction and Defeat (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History) by David Goodman on 4 pages
- Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650: Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe (Warfare and History) by Jan Glete in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Warfare at Sea, 1500-1650: Maritime Conflicts and the Transformation of Europe (Warfare and History) by Jan Glete on page 198, page 214, and page 219
- The Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century (European History in Perspective) by J. L. Price in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- European Warfare, 1494-1660 (Warfare and History) by Jeremy Black in Back Matter
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