How did Philip II and the Spanish Armada affect the Protestant Reformation ?
How did they affect the protestant reformation ? What was there role ?
Spain under Philip II was a strong power and was considered the champion of Catholicism and she took all measures to bring the protestants and protestant countries back to catholicism. Moreover she was a strong naval power- perhaps the strongest in the Mediterranean.
The Spanish Armada was sent to conquer England that had by then become protestant. There were other causes as well for Spain to consider England as her enemy no 1.
In the war the comparatively small British navy completely destroyed the Spanish navy.
A victory for Spain would have meant continued harassment of the Protestants. With English victory this threat was now over and protestantism could co-exist with Catholicism.
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March 06 2010 10:57 am | Protestant
Rico JPA on 06 Mar 2010 at 4:25 pm #
Their role was getting destroyed, and leaving Britain and the nascent Tudor Anglican Church unscathed, weakening Catholicism both literally in terms of navies that Catholic monarchs could wield, and spiritually, because it showed that God didn’t necessarily favor Catholics over non Catholic Christians.
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peevee on 06 Mar 2010 at 4:42 pm #
Spain under Philip II was a strong power and was considered the champion of Catholicism and she took all measures to bring the protestants and protestant countries back to catholicism. Moreover she was a strong naval power- perhaps the strongest in the Mediterranean.
The Spanish Armada was sent to conquer England that had by then become protestant. There were other causes as well for Spain to consider England as her enemy no 1.
In the war the comparatively small British navy completely destroyed the Spanish navy.
A victory for Spain would have meant continued harassment of the Protestants. With English victory this threat was now over and protestantism could co-exist with Catholicism.
References :