Spain, Rumor, and Anti-Catholicism in Mid-Jacobean England
The Palatine Match, Cleves, and the Armada Scares of 1612-1613 and 1614
- 268 pages
- 10 hours of reading
This study explores two bizarre episodes in England's relations with Spain under James I when for a time the government believed a new Spanish armada was about to descend on the country and hurriedly took such defensive measures as disarming Catholic recusants and mustering the nation's militia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Deterioration in Anglo-Spanish Relations, 1611-1612 2. Growing Alarm and Fear in England: The Armada Scare of 1612-1613 3. The Palatine Wedding and Its Aftermath 4. Cleves, Spinola, and the Armada Scare of September 1614 5. Xanten and Beyond. Conclusion and Afterword
