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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465564203321

Autore

Storrs Christopher

Titolo

The resilience of the Spanish monarchy, 1665-1700 [[electronic resource] /] / Christopher Storrs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-19-151432-2

1-280-84673-9

1-4294-6931-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Disciplina

946/.056

Soggetti

Monarchy - Spain - History - 17th century

Electronic books.

Spain History Charles II, 1665-1700

Spain History, Military

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Spain's armies -- Spanish naval power -- Spanish finance -- Spanish politics and government -- Centre and periphery in the Spanish monarchy.

Sommario/riassunto

A radical new analysis of how and why Spain and its empire survived during the reign of the last Spanish Habsburg, Carlos II (1665-1700). As Storrs makes clear, the survival of the Spanish empire in this period was not wholly due to the aid of its new-found allies: in fact, it was a state and society more clearly committed to the retention of empire - and more successful in achieving this - than historians have generally acknowledged. - ;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 Habsbur