Summary Of Dr. Susan Frye The Armada

In Dr. Susan Frye’s presentation, “The Armada: When Spanish Catholicism & English Protestantism Clashed on the High Seas” was about the invasion of England lead by Philip II of Spain and his army. Literally a clash of the Catholic Spaniards and the Protestant Englishman. The English knew the attack was coming so they readied their ships and warriors. The Spanish way of warfare was very conservative: get their guns, soldiers would load them, they would fire one broad side of the cannons at the opponents. The Spanish had been so successful for so long that they were conventional when it came to battles. Though Philip had been told that it was a mistake to invade England all he saw was the much smaller boats of his opponents and proceeded. One