The Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire

ISBN-13: 9781403917928 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 248 str.

William Maltby

Opis

A concise history of the rise, organization and fall of the Spanish Empire.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Imperial Beginnings.- The Creation of an Empire in Europe.- The Conquest of America.- Imperial Organization Under the Habsburgs.- Imperial Policy.- Imperial Decline.- The Bourbons.- The End of the Empire.- Selected Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

WILLIAM S. MALTBY is Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Missouri-St Louis, USA. His publications include The Black Legend in England: The Development of Anti-Spanish Sentiment, 1588-1660, Alba: A Biography of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, The Reign of Charles V and with Steven Hause, Western Civilization.