Sigh. :)
Of course there are lots of sea-faring nations that had very powerful fleets-- and your example of portugal and spain are very good ones too. Thank you for mentioning them. England also happens to be an island. The others are not. That was the only reason I thought England wasn't such a far-fetched totally-meaningless-to-the-story-we-shouldn't-really-be-talking-about-it paralell.
And I'm not so dumb as to not know about some of the rest of the history of europe and their navys. And yes, Protestant England wasn't busom buddies with the Pope or the Vatican-- paralells only go so far, they're not air tight perfect comparisons.
Whatever. It's not that important anyways. I'm not the one who even brought up the comparison. I simply thought the comment wasn't so "out there".
Of course there are lots of sea-faring nations that had very powerful fleets-- and your example of portugal and spain are very good ones too. Thank you for mentioning them. England also happens to be an island. The others are not. That was the only reason I thought England wasn't such a far-fetched totally-meaningless-to-the-story-we-shouldn't-really-be-talking-about-it paralell.
And I'm not so dumb as to not know about some of the rest of the history of europe and their navys. And yes, Protestant England wasn't busom buddies with the Pope or the Vatican-- paralells only go so far, they're not air tight perfect comparisons.
Whatever. It's not that important anyways. I'm not the one who even brought up the comparison. I simply thought the comment wasn't so "out there".