The making of the Elizabethan Navy, 1540-1590 : from the Solent to the Armada /
When Henry VIII came to the throne in 1509 the English Navy was rather ad hoc: there were no warships as such, rather just merchant ships, hired when needed by the king, and converted for military purposes, which involved mostly the transport of troops an.
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2009. |
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Table of Contents:
- The king's ships
- Operations, 1544-1547
- The council for marine causes
- The navy of Edward VI
- The navy of Maray, and of Philip and Mary
- The first decade of Elizabeth
- The navy and the maritime community
- Money
- Towards war
- War.