Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700

Name: Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700
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ISBN: 9780199246373

ISBN-10: 0199246378

ISBN-13: 9780199246373

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christopher Storrs

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Christopher Storrs presents a fresh new appraisal of the reasons for the survival of Spain and its European and overseas empire under the last Spanish Habsburg, Carlos II (1665-1700). Hitherto it has been largely assumed that in the 'Age of Louis XIV' Spain collapsed as a military, naval and imperial power, and only retained its empire because states which had hitherto opposed Spanish hegemony came to Carlos's aid. However, this view seriously underestimates the efforts of Carlos II and his ministers to raise men to fight in Spain's various armies - above all in Flanders, Lombardy, and Catalonia - and to ensure that Spain continued to have galleons in the Atlantic and galleys in the…

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List price: $230.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



List of Abbreviations


Maps


Introduction



Spain's Armies



Spanish Naval Power



Spanish Finance



Spanish Politics and Government



Centre and Periphery in the Spanish Monarchy


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index