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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      September 2009
      February 1992
      ISBN:
      9780511470677
      9780521405348
      9780521525121
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511470677
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.635kg, 300 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.46kg, 300 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History
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    The Flanders armada, took shape in response to the use of seapower by the Dutch rebels, and evolved into the most effective unit in Spain's defence establishment. In combination with its privateering auxiliaries, this elite striking force dominated the North Sea for some twenty years (1625–45), and campaigned also in the Mediterranean and Atlantic theatres of war. Yet its contribution to the tenacious survival of Spanish hegemony has never before been assessed. A narrative of the armada's fighting record over the century of its meaningful existence is presented with constant reference to the strategic-logistical context and analysis of policymaking in Madrid. Attention is paid to the political significance of maritime policy, and particularly the relationship between Madrid and its subordinate headquarters in Brussels; the infrastructure of the armada; the ships themselves, above all the revolutionary but elusive 'frigate'; the social hierarchy of crews and commanders; and details of administration and financing.

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