Harv7
Harv7 t1_ja7lwif wrote
Reply to TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Im from Spain, we talk a lot about the "leyenda negra española", other empires tried to ruin spanish reputation lying or exaggerating things. There are some historical facts about our history that even us arent sure if they are true.
Harv7 t1_ja7m4d4 wrote
Reply to comment by Harv7 in TIL a year after the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the English sent their own Armada to Spain, leading to similar losses of ships and men, and an ignominious English defeat by malektewaus
Spanish inquisition is part of this, they were bad but pretty normal for these years, lot of countries had a worst inquisition.