Gloria imperial

During the 16th century, states, governments, strategies and tactics met in the Mediterranean, but above all, galleys, which became the main instrument for waging war. Lepanto has always been seen as a religious struggle. This book, published on the 450th anniversary of the event, shows us how that cause was also subordinated to power and greater commercial profits. At the beginning of the battle, the Ottoman Empire possessed the largest navy in the world; five hours later it had ceased to exist, and lost all its maritime hegemony and power. Without a doubt, after facing the Holy League financed by Felipe II and headed by his half-brother Juan de Austria, the Turk was not finished, but he would never be the same again or participate in an important naval combat.