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The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700 by Christopher Storrs (English)
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- ISBN-13
- 9780199246373
- Book Title
- The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0199246378
ISBN-13
9780199246373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57042277
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Publication Name
Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Subject
Royalty, Modern / 17th Century
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2006-021301
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Storrs's work is clearly written and well organized, with an unambiguous thesis and conclusion (not only for the book, but for each chapter), and is therefore an academic's dream."--Paul C. Allen, American Historical Review "Exhaustive and utterly impressive archival research....Storrs should help to overturn the scholarship that exaggerates the dysfunction of the reign of Charles II. Highly recommended."--E.A. Sanabria, CHOICE, "Storrs's work is clearly written and well organized, with an unambiguous thesis and conclusion (not only for the book, but for each chapter), and is therefore an academic's dream."--Paul C. Allen, American Historical Review "Exhaustive and utterly impressive archival research.... Storrs should help to overturn the scholarship that exaggerates the dysfunction of the reign of Charles II. Highly recommended."--E.A. Sanabria, CHOICE, Introduction 1. Spain's Armies 2. Spanish Naval Power 3. Spanish Finance 4. Spanish Politics and Government 5. Centre and Periphery in the Spanish Monarchy 6. Conclusion Bibliography, "Storrs's work is clearly written and well organized, with an unambiguous thesis and conclusion (not only for the book, but for each chapter), and is therefore an academic's dream."--Paul C. Allen,American Historical Review "Exhaustive and utterly impressive archival research.... Storrs should help to overturn the scholarship that exaggerates the dysfunction of the reign of Charles II. Highly recommended."--E.A. Sanabria,CHOICE, "Storrs's work is clearly written and well organized, with an unambiguous thesis and conclusion (not only for the book, but for each chapter), and is therefore an academic's dream."--Paul C. Allen, American Historical Review"Exhaustive and utterly impressive archival research....Storrs should help to overturn the scholarship that exaggerates the dysfunction of the reign of Charles II. Highly recommended."--E.A. Sanabria, CHOICE
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The
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Yes
Dewey Decimal
946.056
Table Of Content
Introduction1. Spain's Armies2. Spanish Naval Power3. Spanish Finance4. Spanish Politics and Government5. Centre and Periphery in the Spanish Monarchy6. ConclusionBibliography
Synopsis
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 Mediterranean. These commitments were expensive, so that the fiscal pressures on Carlos' subjects to fund the empire continued to be considerable. Not surprisingly, these demands added to the political tensions in a reign in which the succession problem already generated difficulties. They also put pressure on an administrative structure which revealed some weaknesses but which also proved its worth in time of need. The burden of empire was still largely carried in Spain by Castile (assisted by the silver of the Indies), but Spain's ability to hang onto empire was also helped by a greater integration of centre and periphery, and by the contribution of the non-Castilian territories, notably Aragon in Spain and Naples in Spanish Italy.This book radically revises our understanding of the last decades of Habsburg Spain. As Storrs demonstrates, it was a state and society more clearly committed to the retention of empire - and more successful in achieving this - than historians have hitherto acknowledged., 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 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 Mediterranean. These commitments were expensive, so that the fiscal pressures on Carlos' subjects to fund the empire continued to be considerable. Not surprisingly, these demands added to the political tensions in a reign in which the succession problem already generated difficulties. They also put pressure on an administrative structure which revealed some weaknesses but which also proved its worth in time of need. The burden of empire was still largely carried in Spain by Castile (assisted by the silver of the Indies), but Spain's ability to hang onto empire was also helped by a greater integration of centre and periphery, and by the contribution of the non-Castilian territories, notably Aragon in Spain and Naples in Spanish Italy. This book radically revises our understanding of the last decades of Habsburg Spain. As Storrs demonstrates, it was a state and society more clearly committed to the retention of empire - and more successful in achieving this--than historians have hitherto 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 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 Mediterranean. These commitments were expensive, so that the fiscal pressures on Carlos' subjects to fund the empire continued to be considerable. Not surprisingly, these demands added to the political tensions in a reign in which the succession problem already generated difficulties. They also put pressure on an administrative structure which revealed some weaknesses but which also proved its worth in time of need. The burden of empire was still largely carried in Spain by Castile (assisted by the silver of the Indies), but Spain's ability to hang onto empire was also helped by a greater integration of centre and periphery, and by the contribution of the non-Castilian territories, notably Aragon in Spain and Naples in Spanish Italy. This book radically revises our understanding of the last decades of Habsburg Spain. As Storrs demonstrates, it was a state and society more clearly committed to the retention of empire - and more successful in achieving this--than historians have hithertoacknowledged.
LC Classification Number
DP187
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