Beginning in 1571 with the Battle of Lepanto, the decisive naval clash between the Roman Catholic Holy League and the Muslim Ottoman Empire, it involved at least 490 warships, mostly galleys ...

The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for ...

"Don Quixote", the novel by Miguel de Cervantes was published in 1605. In 1571 Cervantes fought as a common soldier in the naval battle of Lepanto. He was wounded twice, and as a result of one of ...

By Michael Prodger, Megan Kenyon and Pippa Bailey The long conflict between Christendom and the Ottomans had any number of set pieces – the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Battle of Lepanto in ...