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PHILIP OF SPAIN

PHILIP OF SPAIN Paperback - 1998

by Kamen, Henry

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Since his death in 1598, Philip II of Spain has been viewed in a harsh and negative light, identified with repression, bigotry, and fanaticism, and judged more by the political events of his reign than by his person. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian, and the king. 32 illustrations.

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Yale University Press. Good. 1998. Paperback. Paperback; very good in scratched card covers. ; The first full-scale biography of the king. Illustrations & maps. ; 384 pages .
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  • Title PHILIP OF SPAIN
  • Author Kamen, Henry
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition New Ed
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 400
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
  • Date 1998
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 57892
  • ISBN 9780300078008 / 0300078005
  • Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6.23 x 1.19 in (23.11 x 15.82 x 3.02 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Spain - History - Philip II, 1556-1598, Philip
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96052421
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

From the rear cover

This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, this book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II.

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  • New York Times, 08/29/1999, Page 32

About the author

Henry Kamen has been professor of the Higher Council for Scientific Research in Barcelona since 1993. Before that he held various university posts in England and the United States. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is the author of several books on European and Spanish history, including The Phoenix and the Flame: Catalonia and the Counter Reformation, published by Yale University Press.

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