Sentence examples for armadas against from inspiring English sources

I've stood in Madrid's Prado museum, where this late medieval masterpiece hangs, purchased by Philip II of Spain so he had something to brood on besides pitching Armadas against Tudor Britain.

Elsewhere, in the poem Coffee, part of a sequence entitled Notes Passed to My Brother on the Occasion of His Funeral, Matthew writes: "Once, I had a brother / who used to sit and drink his coffee black, smoke / his cigarettes and be quiet for a moment / before his brain turned its armadas against him".

They were forced to marry, and the new husband immediately departed with the Spanish Armada against England.

Walsingham's numerous spies provided detailed reports of Spanish preparations for the sailing of the Armada against England in July 1588.

In February 1588 the Marqués de Santa Cruz (Álvaro de Bazán) died; and Medina-Sidonia was nominated in his place to command the Armada against England.

In 1588 the destruction of the Spanish Armada against England was intimately connected with the progress of the struggles in France and the Netherlands.

But almost immediately after it closed on Oct. 10, the Spanish Government opened two major art shows to continue its commemoration of the death of King Philip, who lost what was thought to be the invincible Armada against England in 1588.

A fleet review on Elizabeth I's accession in 1559 showed the navy to consist of 39 ships and in 1588, Philip II of Spain launched the Spanish Armada against England.

Fire Over England (1937) Director: William K Howard Entertainment grade: B+ History grade: C In 1588, the Spanish Armada sailed against Elizabeth I's England.

But while the chest-puffing scenes of Spanish fishing "armadas" facing off against British warships has been good fun from a media point of view, it's detracted from the fact that the real issue surrounding the tension over Gibraltar isn't one of sovereignty at all.

Marulanda and his followers fled, and, in hiding, they founded the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia the FARC to carry out a war against the state.