Spanish Armada/Bibliography


 * Corbett, Julian S. Drake and the Tudor Navy: With a History of the Rise of England as a Maritime Power (1898) online edition vol 1; also online edition vol 2
 * Fernández-Armesto, Felipe. The Spanish Armada: The Experience of War in 1588. (1988). 336 pp.
 * Froude, James Anthony.   The Spanish Story of the Armada, and Other Essays (1899), by a leading historian of the 1890s full text online
 * Knerr, Douglas. "Through the "Golden Mist": a Brief Overview of Armada Historiography." American Neptune 1989 49(1): 5-13. Issn: 0003-0155
 * McDermott, James. England and the Spanish Armada: The Necessary Quarrel (2005) excerpt and text search
 * Martin, Colin, and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada (2nd ed. 2002), 320pp by leading scholars; uses archaeological studies of some of its wrecked ships excerpt and text search
 * Mattingly, Garrett. The Armada (1959). the classic narrative excerpt and text search
 * Parker, Geoffrey. "Why the Armada Failed." History Today 1988 38(may): 26-33. Issn: 0018-2753. Sumary by leadfing historian.
 * Pierson, Peter. Commander of the Armada: The Seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia. (1989). 304 pp.
 * Rasor, Eugene L. The Spanish Armada of 1588: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. (1992). 277 pp.
 * Rodger, N. A. M. The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649 vol 1 (1999) 691pp; excerpt and text search
 * Rodriguez-Salgado, M. J. and Adams, Simon, eds. England, Spain, and the Gran Armada, 1585-1604 (1991) 308 pp.
 * Thompson, I. A. A. "The Appointment of the Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada," The Historical Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2. (1969), pp. 197-216. in JSTOR
 * Tincey, John, and Richard Hook. The Spanish Armada (2000) heavily illustrated short survey