Over the course of a little more than 20 years, Philip went from pursuing Elizabeth’s hand in marriage to plotting her ...

Another factor that Catholics believed led to their defeat was the Armada’s lack of familiarity with the seas surrounding England, Scotland, and Ireland. After Spanish defeat in 1588, Anglo-Saxon ...

Michael Barry has already published four impressive books on Spain, and this fifth, about the famous Spanish Armada, places special emphasis on the fates of some of the expedition along the Irish ...

A 500-year-old oak tree that survived the Spanish Armada, two World Wars, and centuries of British weather just met its match: a panicked middle manager at a mediocre roast dinner chain.

Out of some toy boats floating in a washtub he created the Spanish Armada beating its way up the English Channel. According to Tripp, teen-agers are too literal-minded to see a fleet in a washtub ...

In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and Cardinal John Fisher as saints of the Catholic Church. English King Henry ...

Thousands of people took to the streets of Valladolid, Spain, last weekend for the mock funeral of Red Hugh O’Donnell who was buried in a monastery there in 1602. At the time of his death the ...

On the right side, below the chimney, is a plaster relief carving of a wooden boat with white sails, and the building’s other name: Armada House. Built in 1589 —the year after the Spanish ...