Philip of Spain
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780300184266 (0300184263)
Publish date: May 29th 1997
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 412
Edition language: English
Though he ruled over Spain at the peak of its "Golden Age" of power and influence, Philip II has long suffered from a negative historical image. Henry Kamen's book seeks to address this by providing a rounded portrait of a conscientious and diligent monarch, one who was surprisingly modern in many r...