Calendar of Letters and State Papers Relating to English Affairs : Preserved Principally in the Archives of Simancas

Published 1892–9, this four-volume collection contains Spanish documents relating to England during the reign of Elizabeth I. The papers were translated and edited by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1843–1910), a respected historian of Spain. Volume 3 (1896) covers the period 1580–86, the build-up to the Anglo-Spanish war.

Published in four volumes between 1892 and 1899, this collection contains assorted papers and correspondence between Spain and Spanish dignitaries in England from the accession of Elizabeth I in 1558 through to her death in 1603. Revealing the changing relationship between Spain and England, the documents offer detailed insights into Elizabeth's reign from a continental and Catholic perspective. Derived in large part from the archives at Simancas, they have been carefully edited and translated into English by Martin Andrew Sharp Hume (1843–1910), a respected historian of Spain and a scrupulous archival researcher. Each volume is arranged chronologically, contains an introduction that provides helpful historical context and closes with an index that includes both letter writers and recipients. Volume 3 (1896) covers the period 1580–86 and shows both the English and Spanish perspectives on the build-up and beginning of the Anglo-Spanish war.