By Anne J. Cruz

Separated in simple terms via a slender physique of water, Spain and England have had a protracted heritage of fabric and cultural interactions; yet this intertwined heritage is never perceived by way of students of 1 state with a view towards the opposite. via their analyses of a number of the modes of trade of fabric items and the move of symbolic structures of which means, the members to the anthology-historians and literary critics-investigate, for the 1st time, the 2 countries' show issues of touch and clash in the course of those traditionally the most important fifty years. targeting the half-century interval that started with the wedding of Mary Tudor to Prince Philip of Spain, and spanned the reigns of Philip II and Elizabeth I of britain, the essays during this anthology reveal and problematize, from the viewpoint of Spanish cultural heritage, the numerous fabric, cultural, and symbolic contacts among the 2 nations. the amount indicates how the 2 international locations' alliances and clashes, which resulted in the debacle of the 'Invincible Armada' of 1588 and persisted for many years afterwards, held huge, immense ancient value through shaping the non secular, political, and cultural advancements of the fashionable world.

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