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.
The article corresponds to the 400th death annniversary of two famous European writers – Cervantes and Shakespeare – celebrated all around the world. The author tells about their lifes and takes into consideration the possiblility of their meeting together in Vailladolid. Besides, the author emphasizes on the qualities that are in common for Shakespeare’s and Cervantes’ works – among others the universality (their readers were both educated as well as simple), the ability to create symbolic figures and the application of colloquial language.
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