Overview
- Concise history of Philip II of Spain
Comprehensive and uptodate reassessment of the King and Spain at a critically important period of its history
The first modern study of Philip's government
Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Emperor’s Son
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The Prudent King
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About this book
This new study traces the development of Philip II and of a kingship that lay at the heart of European political, religious and cultural evolution. It looks in detail at the ministers who worked with this most demanding of kings and at the government that evolved during his reign. It deals also with the pressures of a tortured private life and explores the paradox of a man who as a young ruler was deeply prudent but who became extraordinarily aggressive in his old age and who by his successes and failures - both of them on an epic scale - re-shaped the world in which he lived.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philip II
Authors: Patrick Williams
Series Title: European History in Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-1381-4
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2001
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 302
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: European History