Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs: Volume 4
Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas

Published 1892–9, this four-volume collection contains translated Spanish documents relating to England during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Martin A. S. Hume (Edited by)

9781108061902, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 October 2013

856 pages
29.7 x 21 x 4.3 cm, 2.01 kg

Published in four volumes between 1892 and 1899, this collection contains assorted papers and correspondence between Spain and Spanish dignitaries in England from the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 through to her death in 1603. Revealing the changing relationship between Spain and England, the documents offer detailed insights into Elizabeth's reign from a continental and Catholic perspective. They have been carefully edited and translated into English by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1843–1910), a respected historian of Spain and a scrupulous archival researcher. Each volume is arranged chronologically, contains an introduction that provides helpful historical context and closes with an index that includes both letter writers and recipients. Volume 4 (1899) covers the final years of Elizabeth's reign (1587–1603). Though lacking the completeness of the correspondence in previous volumes - due to the diplomatic breakdown between Spain and England - this volume nevertheless contains much valuable and previously untapped material.

Introduction
Letters and state papers
Index.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]