Format:
Online-Ressource (xviii, 438 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates)
,
illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780300210446
,
0300210442
Content:
Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication page -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Conventions -- Preface -- PART I THE THRESHOLD OF POWER -- 1 Apprenticeship, 1527-1543 -- The inheritance -- 'Little Phil' -- Prince of Spain -- Father and son, 1539-43 -- The threshold of power -- 2 A Renaissance prince, 1543-1551 -- Governor of Spain -- Youthful defiance -- A blueprint for empire -- The Grand Tour -- The problem of the Netherlands -- 3 The changing face of empire, 1551-1558 -- Nemesis -- The 'English Match' -- The transfer of power -- The warrior king -- Ex-king of England
Content:
PART I I THE KING AND HIS WORLD -- 4 The king at work1 -- A blizzard of problems' -- The conciliar system -- Keeping the initiative -- The junta system -- 'The largest brain in the world' -- The curse of audiences -- 5 The king and God -- Keeping the faith -- Enforcing the faith -- Philip II and the Papacy -- 'There is no pope in Spain' -- Messianic imperialism -- Philip's messianism in context -- 6 The king at play -- The compulsive traveller -- The 'eighth wonder of the world' -- The royal gardener -- Patron of arts and sciences -- A day in the life -- Sex in the palace?
Content:
PART I I I THE FIRST DECADE OF THE REIGN -- 7 Getting a grip, 1558-1561 -- A reluctant suitor - again -- Spain or England? -- Spain under quarantine -- The trial of the century -- Creating a court and finding a capital -- From peace to war again -- 8 'I would rather lose a hundred thousand lives if I had them': keeping the faith, 1562-1567 -- The origins of the Dutch Revolt -- The year of miracles -- The voyage that never was -- 'His Majesty will face other pressing matters' -- 9 Family life - and death -- A king without a family -- Las Descalzas Reales: a 'female space' for the royal family
Content:
Isabel of France, queen of Castile -- Family life again -- The lonely father -- A fifth bride for the king? -- Death and debts -- 10 The enigma of Don Carlos -- The events of 18 January 1568 and their antecedents -- Explanations -- 'The defects of understanding' -- Father against son -- Treason and plot? -- The prisoner -- PART IV THE KING VICTORIOUS -- 11 Years of crusade, 1568-1572 -- 'Creating a New World': the duke of Alba and the Netherlands -- The lonesome death of Baron Montigny -- Another 'New World' -- Rebellion in Spain: the Morisco Revolt
Content:
Lepanto: 'The greatest victory since Moses parted the Red Sea' -- 'To kill or capture Elizabeth' -- Philip alone -- The second Dutch Revolt -- 12 Years of adversity, 1573-1576 -- 'The greatest and most important matter that I face, or could ever face' -- War on two fronts -- Alternative strategies: fire, flood and a fleet -- Between a rock and a hard place -- The road to ruin -- 13 The crisis of the reign, 1576-1577 -- A tale of two secretaries -- Don John: the next king of England? -- Discord between the sons of Charles V -- Don John in the Netherlands -- Peace or war? -- 14 Murder most foul?
Content:
Madrid, calle de la Almudena, 31 March 1578
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0300196539
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780300196535
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Parker, Geoffrey, 1943 - Imprudent king New Haven , Ct. [u.a.] : Yale Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9780300196535
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Philipp II. Spanien, König 1527-1598
;
Philipp II. Spanien, König 1527-1598
;
Biografie
URL:
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Author information:
Parker, Geoffrey 1943-
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