A Military History of the Western World: From the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, to the Battle of Waterloo, 1815Funk & Wagnalls, 1954 For contents, see Author Catalog. |
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... parliament before he needed its assistance , and , so far as the country was concerned , could he carry on his government without parliament , so much the better for the taxpayer . There- fore , as long as the king could rule without ...
... parliament before he needed its assistance , and , so far as the country was concerned , could he carry on his government without parliament , so much the better for the taxpayer . There- fore , as long as the king could rule without ...
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... Parliament was dissolved . Buckingham impressed some 8,000 vagabonds and ruffians and on October 8 - with a touch of Drake in the air - they were sent to seize Cadiz . But the expedition , unlike Drake's , ended in a dis- orderly fiasco ...
... Parliament was dissolved . Buckingham impressed some 8,000 vagabonds and ruffians and on October 8 - with a touch of Drake in the air - they were sent to seize Cadiz . But the expedition , unlike Drake's , ended in a dis- orderly fiasco ...
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... Parliament , not because he wanted to govern - as government was then understood - with- out Parliament , but because it was impossible for him to do so with Parliament . On April 24 he made peace with France , and on November 5 , 1630 ...
... Parliament , not because he wanted to govern - as government was then understood - with- out Parliament , but because it was impossible for him to do so with Parliament . On April 24 he made peace with France , and on November 5 , 1630 ...
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The rivalry between England and Spain I | 1 |
The defeat of the Spanish Armada 1588 | 8 |
The Armada Campaign 1588 | 33 |
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