The Resilience of the Spanish Monarchy 1665-1700

by Christopher Storrs

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199246378
• ISBN13: 9780199246373
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"