SPANISH ARMADA

Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada

Introduction

In the second half of the XVI century, the most powerful man on earth the king of Spain was considered a fervent Catholic Philip II. The owner of the Iberian Peninsula was dominated in the Netherlands over part of Italy, and throughout America.

Son of Charles V and Isabella of Portugal, this dark, taciturn man announced himself as a defender of the Christian faith. Do not forget about it and its interests in those countries that have so far managed to avoid his power. Therefore, hoping to put on the French throne, the Spaniard, he actively supported the ...