The Spanish Armada

Spain

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Water colour image of Madrid, showing a building behind a water fountain

General History

The history of Madrid: from the Moors to modernity

Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Christopher Clark“The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles V of Spain depicted on a 16th-century gold coin

Kwasi Kwarteng"Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spain’s tumultuous story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait

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Historian Bettany Hughes in front of the Rock of Gibraltar

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Meeting in Tenochtitlan between Hernan Cortes

Two worlds collide: Spanish conquistadors and Aztecs

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Mutiny at sea: the forgotten story of murder and brutality aboard HMS Wager

Portrait of John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt: father of England’s medieval monarchy and self-styled Spanish king

Nelson's passion for Emma – with whom he had a six-year affair – is writ large in his letters

Nelson in his own words

The International Brigades: fighting fascism in Spain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The orphan hero who fought at Trafalgar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor queens on screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Catherine of Aragon: Henry's greatest queen

A painting of 1616 depicts the Moriscos boarding ships to sail from the port of Valencia

The 17th-century expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain: what happened?

Actor Stephanie Levi-John as Lina in 'The Spanish Princess'

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The real history behind The Spanish Princess

Francisco Franco, who ruled Spain as dictator from 1939 to 1975, raises his arm in salute

Francisco Franco: is it accurate to call the Spanish dictator a fascist?

Male and female militia fighters on the march at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, July 1936. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Elizabeth I arrives in Tilbury

The Spanish Armada: one of history’s biggest fibs?

Painting of an auto-da-fé

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A portrait of Isabella of Castile

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Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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A portrait of Isabella I of Castile. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

Isabella I of Castile: Europe’s greatest queen?