Garrett Mattingly Bio

Professor garrett mattingly was awarded a pulitzer citation for this two year history of the attempted sea invasion by spain s phillip ii against elizabeth i and her england.

Garrett mattingly bio.

51 in book four of the prince machiavelli uses an ancient example of spain france and greece frequently rebelling against rome. Reading mattingly s other masterpiece the armada is what pushed me to follow more of his work thus i arrived at catherine of aragon. A biography of the first wife of henry viii of england and an evaluation of the controversy surrounding her part in his life. One biographer wrote that the armada was.

In 1960 he won a pulitzer prize for the defeat of the spanish armada early life and education. The copy i own is the 400th anniversary edition and was printed before the onset of isb numbers. Born on may 6 1900 in washington d c garrett mattingly was the son of ida garrett and leonard mattingly a civil servant and industrialist. Born in washington d c.

The historian and professor garrett mattingly was a student of 16th century europe who wrote the novel like histories catherine of aragon and the armada. The historian and professor garrett mattingly 1900 1962 was a student of 16th century europe who wrote the novel like histories catherine of aragon and the armada. 1 el 6 de mayo de 1900 2 se doctoró en harvard. Born on may 6 1900 in washington d c garrett mattingly was the son of ida garrett and leonard mattingly a civil servant and industrialist.

As usual mattingly writes with deep knowledge from his research and a sly wit in his approach to the subject. Garrett mattingly believed that machiavelli wrote the prince as a satire because to read it as such clarifies the difficult and confusing passages and gives different meaning to passages that were indistinct before. What people are saying write a review. Nacido en washington d.

Born on may 6 1900 in washington d c garrett mattingly was the son of ida garrett and leonard mattingly a civil servant and industrialist. Garrett mattingly washington d. Garrett mattingly may 6 1900 december 18 1962 was a professor of european history at columbia university who specialized in early modern diplomatic history. Young mattingly attended elementary school in washington until 1913 when his family moved to.

It was published in 1959 by houghton mifflin company and mattingly won a special pulitzer prize for the work in 1960 as a first class history and a literary work of high order. Catherine of aragon by garrett mattingly was a delightful adventure. From inside the book. The historian and professor garrett mattingly 1900 1962 was a student of 16th century europe who wrote the novel like histories catherine of aragon and the armada.

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