Philip II Of Spain

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780300078008
  • 08 februari 1999
  • 400 pagina's
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Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King.



"A historian’s biography of Philip II as Renaissance prince, refuting the Elizabethan propaganda picture of the spider of the Escorial."—New York Times Book Review (And Bear in Mind)

"In humanizing a man too often viewed as a cardboard tyrant, Kamen has made a valuable contribution to European historiography."—Booklist

Philip II of Spain—ruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever known—has been viewed in a harsh and negative light since his death in 1598. Identified with repression, bigotry, and fanaticism by his enemies, he has been judged more by the political events of his reign than by his person. 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Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled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, the book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II.

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Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
08 februari 1999
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400
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Nee

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Hoofdauteur
Henry Kamen
Hoofduitgeverij
Yale University Press

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Product breedte
155 mm
Product hoogte
19 mm
Product lengte
233 mm
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Verpakking breedte
159 mm
Verpakking hoogte
32 mm
Verpakking lengte
236 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
659 g

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    Philip of Spain schetst een duidelijk beeld van Philips II.
    De man die tientallen jaren koning was van Spanje en die we op school in Nederland (ik tenminste) eigenlijk alleen leren kennen van de inquisitie en als tegenstander van Willem van Oranje.
    Philips II komt in dit boek tot leven: wat bewoog hem en hoe leefde hij?

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