Spain, 1469-1714: A Society of Conflict

ISBN-13: 9781408271933 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 340 str.

Henry Kamen

Opis

In this classic text Henry Kamen shows how Spain achieved world power in the sixteenth, seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries by examining crucial political events and foreign policy during the reigns of each of the nations rulers, from Ferdinand and Isabella at the end of the fifteenth century to Philip V at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Features: Looks at both internal and external conflicts Comprehensive bibliography Includes maps, a dynastic table and a chronology Detailed treatment of social and cultural history This brand new Edition features revised illustrations and increased coverage of topics currently popular in undergraduate teaching, including: * Spain's Imperial role and American possessions * The cultural context of the so-called Spanish Golden Age in art and literature * The decline of Spain * The Black Legend in popular perceptions of Spain

Spis treści

Preface to the Fourth Edition.  List of maps.  Glossary.  A note on coinage.  Prelude.  1. The Catholic Monarchs 1469–1516.  2. The rise of empire: Charles V 1516–1558.  3. A world power: Philip II 1556–1598.  4. The crisis of government 1598–1660.  5. Spain’s people in an age of crisis.  The survival of the middle classes.  6. The end of the old empire 1660–1714.  Appendix 1. Dynastic table of Spanish rulers, 1474–1700.  Appendix 2. Economic and demographic statistics.  Maps.  Bibliographical Note.  Index. 

O autorze

Henry Kamen obtained his doctorate at Oxford and has been a professor at universities in Britain, Spain and the United States. He is emeritus of the Higher Council for Scientific Research, Spain, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. An eminent authority on Spanish history, he has written over twenty studies in the field, including The Spanish Inquisition (new edition, 2014), Philip of Spain (1997), Spain’s Road to Empire (2002), and The Escorial (2010).