Resources on the Battle of Lepanto

The link contains documents and images related to the Battle of Lepanto. The documents relate to the galleys that made up the King’s Armada in 1571, with which the battle of Lepanto was won, and the slaves that were taken from the Turkish armada as a result of the victory over the Turks. It also includes a royal decree from Philip II, in which he thanks the nobleman Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, for his participation in the battle, and a woodcut depicting Don Juan de Austria and his lieutenant Miguel de Moncada. In the lower part of the image, the Turkish admiral Ali Baya appears in the foreground. The Battle of Lepanto was a naval battle that took place in early October 1571. It pitted the Turkish navy against the Catholic fleet, known as the Holy League, for control of the eastern Mediterranean in the face of the advance of Islam and the continuous Turkish-Berber offensives. Given the imbalance of means and resources on both sides, the Catholic fleet led by Don John of Austria, Philip II’s half-brother, defeated the Turkish-Berber armada, made up of janissaries and thousands of Christian renegades, led by Admiral Ali Baya, in just a few hours. Despite the Christian victory, Lepanto did not mark the end of Turkish power in the eastern Mediterranean.

Collection: Images

Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.

Chronology: XVI

Scope: Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/cultura/areas/archivos/mc/archivos/nhn/destacados/documentos-destacados/lepanto.html

Resource type: Image

Format: Paper; digital format

Source: Archivo Histórico de la Nobleza (AHNob). VILLAGONZALO, CP.553, D.2.

Language: Spanish

Date: 10/8/2020

Owner: María del Mar Felices de la Fuente (Modernalia)

Identifier: AHNob. VILLAGONZALO, CP.553, D.2.

Abstract: Images and documents on the battle of Lepanto. Of particular interest is the woodcut depicting the Virgin of Mount Carmel with Don Juan of Austria and his lieutenant Miguel de Moncada. The Turkish admiral, Ali Baya, is beheaded in the foreground.

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