Henry Kamen

Spain, 1469-1714 (eBook, PDF)

A Society of Conflict

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This completely updated fourth edition of Henry Kamen's authoritative, accessible survey of Spanish politics and civilisation in the Golden Age of its world experience substantially expands the coverage of themes and takes account of the latest published research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317755005
• Artikelnr.: 40824933

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

Rezensionen

Of the First Edition:



...a highly professional book...which gives a very useful and up-to-date account of the most interesting period in Spanish history.



The Times Literary Supplement