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ISBN10: 0300078005, ISBN13: 9780300078008, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. "A historians 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 Spainruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever knownhas 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 Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled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 ...
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ISBN10: 0300078005, ISBN13: 9780300078008, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. "A historians 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 Spainruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever knownhas 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 ...
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ISBN10: 0300078005, ISBN13: 9780300078008, [publisher: Yale University Press, New Haven] Softcover Paperback. "A historians 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 Spainruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever knownhas 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 ...
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[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]

ISBN10: 0300078005, ISBN13: 9780300078008, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover 1999. New ed. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656. . . . . .
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ISBN10: 0300078005, ISBN13: 9780300078008, [publisher: Yale University Press] Softcover 1999. New ed. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Yale University Press 1999 Revised ed. Trade paperback New 1999. New ed. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 656......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

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