Ciudad Real, 1500-1750: Growth, Crisis, and Readjustment in the Spanish Economy

by Carla Rahn Phillips

"At its peak in the late sixteenth century," this history begins, "Spain controlled the first empire upon which the sun never set and exercised a tremendous influence in European affairs. By 1600, thoughtful Spaniards knew that something had gone terribly wrong, and by 1650 the rest of Europe knew it too." By focusing on one Castilian city, Ciudad Real, Carla Rahn Phillips seeks to shed light on the mysterious downfall of Spanish power. Looking first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674132858
• ISBN13: 9780674132856
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"