Spain And The Early Stuarts, 1585–1655 (variorum Collected Studies)

These studies focus on Spain’s relations with England from the last stages of the Elizabethan war to the opening years of the Cromwellian regime. Particular attention is given to the issue of religion and to the character and conduct of peacetime diplomacy – and intelligence gathering. In the first studies, Professor Loomie deals with the policies of Philip II and preparations for the 1597 Armada. The following articles examine Spanish attitudes towards the Stuart court and an unknown cultivation of the ‘Independents’ during and after the Civil War. Cover Series Half Title Title Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgements I Religion and Elizabethan commerce with Spain II Sir William Semple and Bristol’s Andalucian trade, 1597–1598 III An armada pilot’s survey of the English coastline, October 1597 IV Philip II’s armada proclamation of 1597 V The armadas and the Catholics of England VI Thomas James: the English Consul of Andalucia (1556–ca. 1613) VII Philip III and the Stuart succession in England, 1600–1603 VIII Sir Robert Cecil and the Spanish embassy IX Richard Berry: Gondomar’s English Catholic adviser X Bacon and Gondomar: an unknown link in 1618 XI Gondomar’s selection of English officers in 1622 XII King James I’s Catholic consort XIII A Jacobean crypto-Catholic: Lord Wotton XIV Olivares, the English Catholics and the peace of 1630 XV The Spanish faction at the court of Charles I, 1630–1638 XVI Alonso de Cárdenas and the long parliament, 1640–1648 XVII New light on the Spanish ambassador’s purchases from Charles I’s collection, 1649–1653 XVIII London’s Spanish chapel before and after the Civil War Index These 18 studies in English focus on the relationship between Spain and England from the latter stages of the Elizabethan war to the initial years of the Cromwellian regime. Albert J. Loomie. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.