Philip IV Government Spain 1621-65 - Brossura

Stradling, R. A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0521530555 ISBN 13: 9780521530552

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

This book concentrates on the political history of the reign of Philip IV, and the role of the king within it. Philip is kept near the forefront, and issues and events are often seen - if sometimes critically - from his viewpoint. It is, therefore, a work of revision and rehabilitation, representing an attempt (against all other extant accounts) to establish Philip IV as a positive figure, with an autonomous character and political identity. A secondary, supportive, intention is to demonstrate that after the fall of Olivares, the king ruled and governed without a favourite (valido). This is the central theme in the most detailed treatment of the second half of the reign available in any language. Reference is made throughout to Philip's own words and actions. At the same time, the Olivares period itself is approached from a new perspective, some issues being examined with the use of new material. Although not intended as a conventional biography, the book retains several characteristics of the form, in that it is a 'career-study', part thematic, part chronological. Philip IV is examined also in relation to the political writing of the age, and to his court and capital in Madrid.

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This book concentrates on the political history of the reign of Philip IV, and the role of the king within it. Philip is kept near the forefront, and issues and events are often seen from his viewpoint. It is, therefore, a work of revision and rehabilitation, representing an attempt to establish Philip IV as a positive figure, with an autonomous character and political identity.

Contenuti:

List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part I. The King's Apprenticeship, 1605–43: 1. Inheritance: the king as idea and ideal; 2. The rule of Olivares; 3. King and minister; Part II. The Politics of Total War, 1630–60: 4. Institutional tensions; 5. Aristocratic apostasy; 6. Provincial rebellion; 7. Popular protest; Part III. The King's Maturity, 1943–65: 8. The struggle for survival; 9. The rule of Philip IV; 10. Legacy: Philip IV as man and statesman; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521530555
• ISBN 13: 9780521530552
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 420