J. H. Elliott

The Revolt of the Catalans

A Study in the Decline of Spain (1598-1640)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The revolution of Catalonia in 1640 was a signal event in 17th-century Europe. Its causes and antecedents - essential for an understanding of the revolution itself - form the basis of Professor Elliott's study of the Spanish monarchy at this time. They throw remarkable light on the whole quest

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 1984
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 966g
• ISBN-13: 9780521278904
• ISBN-10: 0521278902
• Artikelnr.: 21399280

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Key to abbreviations
1. Castile and Aragon
2. The ordered society
3. The disordered society
4. The failure of government
5. The restoration of government, 1616-21
6. The shadow of Castile
7. Olivares and the future of Spain
8. The corts of 1626
9. The turn of the screw, 1626-32
10. The struggle with the city, 1632-5
11. War with France
12. The diputació resurgent
13. 'The devil take the constitutions!'
14. An army to be billeted
15. Anarchy
16. Revolution
17. Catalonia and Portugal
18. Epilogue
Appendices
Index.