The Fall of the Spanish Armada: Historiography, Identity and Reception

• Authors: Péter Illik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This short study is based on the monograph titled A spanyol armada pusztulása (1588) Historiográfia, identitás, recepció [The Fall of the Spanish Armada. Historiography, Identity and Reception], Budapest, 2017. The book was written by the author in Hungarian language. This article offers a short analysis of the major lines in English historiography, political speeches, works of art, journals and secondary school education in order to show how the topic of the fall of the Spanish Armada evolved and became part of the English reception.

Keywords

EN

Reception; Historiography; Spanish Armada; Identity; Patriotism; Nationalism

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Journal: West Bohemian Historical Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-17

Contributors

author

Péter Illik