How many wars did England and Spain fight?

How many wars had England and Spain already fought?

There is no simple fixed total; the closer the history is examined, the more distinct conflicts can be counted.

An exact count of Anglo-Spanish wars would be deceptive. The problem resembles measuring a coastline: the closer it is examined, the more examples appear. A total depends on what historians treat as a separate war rather than supplying one stable figure. The answer warns against false precision when counting centuries of conflict between two states.