The men of 1588 saw the Armada clash as a total ideological war.

Evidence

It was easier in 1940 to appreciate this point of view than it had been in, say, 1890. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 22

Categorization

• SEED: An essay angle: how the era an historian writes from shapes what they can see in the past — the 1940 vs 1890 contrast is a sharp demonstration.
• XREF: Connects to the broader historiographic point about ideology shaping historical interpretation, and to how WWII re-read older conflicts. — connects to: The 1588 Armada war was an ideological total war across all Christendom. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 22; Europe framed the Armada battle as a judicial duel with God as judge — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 897
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 22

Library Connections

• Europe framed the Armada battle as a judicial duel with God as judge #expands (0.85) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 897