The Spanish Armada By Garrett Mattingly

Born in washington d c mattingly attended elementary school in washington and.

The spanish armada by garrett mattingly. 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. 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. 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.

While i am sure that some of its interpretations are dated. Well now i have and it did not disappoint. It was published in 1959 by houghton mifflin company and mattingly won a special pulitzer prize for the work in 1960 as a first class history and a literary work of high order. 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.

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.