To Defend Your Empire and the Faith: Advice Offered to Philip, King of Spain and Portugal, c.1590: No.5 (Liverpool Historical Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0853230374 ISBN 13: 9780853230373

Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Towards the end of the 16th century, the conjoint overseas empires of Spain and Portugal - in Africa, Asia, and Americas - were under attack by other European nations. The ruler of these territories, King Philip, received advice from many quarters. The author of this tract was an obscure cleric, who had worked in Brazil and Cape Verde Islands, and who lamented the depredations wrought on Spanish ships by the enemies of Philip. The tract proposes a defence strategy for the imperial sea-routes. The book contains an introduction to the tract's historical context.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0853230374
• ISBN 13: 9780853230373
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Hair P. E. H.