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Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades.
- Sales Rank: #2721097 in Books
- Published on: 1984-04-15
- Original language: English
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- Binding: Hardcover
- 384 pages
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"A historical masterpiece." - A. L. Rowse
"A rare and wonderful book, as readable and exciting as a novel." - J. E. Neale
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Garrett Mattingly's thrilling narrative sets out the background of the sixteenth-century European intrigue and religious unrest that gave rise to one of the world's most famous maritime crusades.
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"A historical masterpiece." - A. L. Rowse
"A rare and wonderful book, as readable and exciting as a novel." - J. E. Neale
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For those who love this period of English history Mattingly fills in all ...
By Paul Nemeth
There is a revival of interest in the rein of Tutors and in particular Elizabeth 1st. We all tend to read history from the English point of view but one of the defining moments in Elizabeth's reign, and indeed English history for centuries onwards, was the Spanish invasion .Mattingly gives the invasion from the European point of view and it is opens up so much more of the detail of this period Elizabeth's reign. For those who love this period of English history Mattingly fills in all the gaps with a clear vivid description of all the events and characters that made the period so interesting. If you are fascinated by the Elizabethan period this book is a must. It will increase both knowledge and interest in this dynamic period of history.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
A golden oldie - but still the greatest
By Mike Daplyn
I first read Mattingly's book as a grammar school (high-school to readers on the other side of the pond) history student in England in the 1960s, and have been coming back to it regularly ever since for the sheer pleasure of it. My old paperback copy wore out, so my family gave me the hardback version.
The great strength of Mattingly's treatment is that he went far beyond the purely naval aspects of the campaign. He set it squarely in the context of the politico-religious struggle for domination in western Europe, with England and the Dutch Protestants on one side, Spain and all her allies and dependencies on the other, and France paralysed by a ferocious three-cornered internal struggle in which both sides intervened. He is particularly strong on the events before and after the battle of Coutras which prevented France from either pursuing the ultra-Catholic preferences of the house of Guise (of which Mary Queen of Scots' mother was a member), or the traditional French policy of opposition to the Hapsburg rulers of Spain, which the Catholic King Henri of Valois and his Protestant heir-apparent Henri of Navarre would both have preferred. Mattingly shows great insight in realising that it was the execution of Mary Queen of Scots (the event with which he opens his narrative) that freed Philip to launch the Armada; sending it while she was alive would have risked putting a pro-French queen on the English throne.
I do nevertheless find two serious gaps in Mattingly's handling of the geopolitical context. The first is the Dutch, who after all had been fighting the war, and suffering the casualties, longer than anyone else except Spain. Mattingly ignores their internal dynamics and skates over the detail of their relationships with England, in both areas doing far less than justice to a key element in the strategic equation. The second gap is the lack of treatment of the Scottish dimension. Scotland, ruled by Mary's son James VI, was the dog that did not bark in the night in 1587-88, and the reasons for that deserve analysis. Yes, after his mother's death James was nearest heir to the English throne, but just HOW did he dissuade the Scots - over whom his power was strictly limited - from using the excuse for their usual descent on England?
Mattingly's general strength on the geopolitical aspects does not mean he is weak or lacking in detail on the naval and military aspects: quite the contrary. Coverage of Drake's 1587 raid on Cadiz is pretty much obligatory in a history of the Armada, and Mattingly gives it blow by blow (incidentally revealing what a thoroughly impossible man Drake was to work with). But he is equally strong on Parma's capture of Sluys, which he hoped would be his troops' embarkation point, in the face of dour resistance by the Dutch-English garrison. When it comes to the Armada itself, his grasp of detail is supreme. Mattingly was probably the first of all the many hundreds of Armada historians to read a tide-table and work out that Drake really would have had time to finish his game of bowls - had he ever played it. My only quibble here is over the Dutch naval contribution: they were never in contact with the Armada itself, but their presence scotched any possibility of Parma's forces making a rendezvous. Mattingly acknowledges their importance, but I personally would have welcomed more detail.
Mattingly belonged to the bravura school of English-language historians (Gwyn "The Vikings" Jones is another great exponent), which is both a strength and a weakness. His magnificent prose and grand narrative sweep carry the reader along on a flood tide - sometimes to the extent of concealing omissions and even (for all I know, not being a professional historian) errors. A few of his stylistic mannerisms grate a little nowadays, notably his use of "men" (as in "men said that ...") when a modern viewpoint requires acknowledgement that half the population is female. But these are minor quibbles - buy it and read it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A FINE AMERICAN HISTORIAN
By Stephen Cooper
When it first appeared this work was regarded as a tour de force. It won a Pulitzer prize and was a bestseller. It is still a remarkably fine book. 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. His book on the Spanish Armada appeared in 1959. Unfortunately, Mattingley died prematurely, in Oxford, in 1962.
The book is a straightforward but brilliant account of the defeat of the Armada. Mattingley had served in both World Wars and taught in England, and it reflects the English point of view - note I say English, not British, since the Union of the Crowns had not yet occurred in 1588. This is a masterly account and it is inevitably patriotic, despite the author's nationality. It reflects the warm glow of Anglo-American friendship in a period when the special relationship was still special. It stirred the blood of at least one young English schoolboy.
In England, we celebrated the 400th anniversary of the defeat of the Armada in 1988; but, since Spain and the U.K. were now members of the European Union, it was a politically correct and lukewarm celebration. An exhibition was mounted stressing that the defeat of the Armada was a `close-run thing', like Waterloo; and books were written to that effect by some excellent historians, drawing in particular on the results of marine archaeology (unavailable to Mattingley). The revisionist view was that the Armada had not really been defeated by those pirates Francis Drake and his friends, but by the appalling British weather.
How refreshing, from a strictly chauvinistic point of view, you understand, to return to Mattingley's fine work. No Anglo-Spanish nonsense here. We beat 'em fair and square, lads, after finishing our game of bowls.
Stephen Cooper
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