'EUROPE DIVIDED, 1559-1598'

History

ELLIOTT, J.H.

World

Fontana

Europe Divided 1559 - 1598

Harpercollins Publisher

A brilliant study of the sudden rise of a barren and isolated country to be the greatest power on earth, and of its equally sudden decline.

Imperial Spain: 1469-1716

Europe

Penguin??Books

Since its first publication, J. H. Elliott's classic chronicle has become established as the most comprehensive, balanced, and accessible account of the dramatic rise and fall of imperial Spain. Now with a new preface by the author, this brilliant study unveils how a barren, impoverished, and isolated country became the greatest power on earth—and just as quickly fell into decline.
At its greatest Spain was a master of Europe: its government was respected, its armies were feared, and its conquistadores carved out a vast empire. Yet this splendid power was rapidly to lose its impetus and creative dynamism. How did this happen in such a short space of time? Taking in rebellions, religious conflict and financial disaster, Elliott's masterly social and economic analysis studies the various factors that precipitated the end of an empire.

First edition. History of Diego de Velázquez in the final years of the Spanish reign over the world. xxviii, 733 pages. cloth, dust jacket. thick 8vo..

The Count-Duke of Olivares: Statesman in an Age of Decline

YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS, NEW HAVEN, LONDON

Elliott (history, Princeton U.) discusses themes of historical and topical interest. The essays are grouped into four sections, each with an introduction outlining the circumstances under which they were written and offering additional reflections. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Spain and Its World, 1500-1700: Selected Essays

Americas

Yale Univ Pr

A masterful biography of Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count Duke of Olivaresrighthand advisor to Spain’s Philip IV, archrival of Cardinal Richelieu, and a central figure in seventeenth-century Europe. Written by the eminent historian J. H. Elliott and based on many original sources, this elegant book is a landmark in the study of a man and an age."A monument of scholarship almost unique in our time.  Professor Elliott has written what must rank as the finest biography ever written on a Spanish statesman."Raymond Carr, New York Review of Books"A wonderful life of Olivares and his time.  An exceptional biography."Harold Stone, New York Times Book Review"One of the outstanding works of Spanish historical scholarship written this century."Henry Kamen, Times Literary Supplement"A perfect blend of biography and history, which brilliantly evokes both the man his milieu. The research is prodigious, the exposition is on the grandest scale, and the book is as much a delight to handle as it is to read."David Cannadine, New SocietyWinner of the 1986 Wolfson Prize in HistoryJ. H. Elliott is professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, including, Spain and its World 1500-1700 and, with Jonathan Brown, A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV.

Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Yale University Press

A masterful biography of Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Count Duke of Olivares―righthand advisor to Spain’s Philip IV, archrival of Cardinal Richelieu, and a central figure in seventeenth-century Europe. Written by the eminent historian J. H. Elliott and based on many original sources, this elegant book is a landmark in the study of a man and an age. "A monument of scholarship almost unique in our time. … Professor Elliott has written what must rank as the finest biography ever written on a Spanish statesman."―Raymond Carr, New York Review of Books "A wonderful life of Olivares and his time. … An exceptional biography."―Harold Stone, New York Times Book Review "One of the outstanding works of Spanish historical scholarship written this century."―Henry Kamen, Times Literary Supplement "A perfect blend of biography and history, which brilliantly evokes both the man his milieu. The research is prodigious, the exposition is on the grandest scale, and the book is as much a delight to handle as it is to read."―David Cannadine, New Society Winner of the 1986 Wolfson Prize in History J. H. Elliott is professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He is the author of numerous books, including, Spain and its World 1500-1700 and, with Jonathan Brown, A Palace for a King: The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV.

The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

It used to be said that the sun never set on the empire of the King of Spain. It was therefore appropriate that Emperor Charles V should have commissioned from Battista Agnese in 1543 a world map as a birthday present for his sixteen-year-old son, the future Philip II. This was the world as Charles V and his successors of the House of Austria knew it, a world crossed by the golden path of the treasure fleets that linked Spain to the riches of the Indies. It is this world, with Spain at its center, that forms the subject of this book. J.H. Elliott, the pre-eminent historian of early modern Spain and its world, originally published these essays in a variety of books and journals. They have here been grouped into four sections, each with an introduction outlining the circumstances in which they were written and offering additional reflections. The first section, on the American world, explores the links between Spain and its American possessions. The second section, "The European World," extends beyond the Castilian center of the Iberian peninsula and its Catalan periphery to embrace sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe as a whole. In "The World of the Court," the author looks at the character of the court of the Spanish Habsburgs and the perennially uneasy relationship between the world of political power and the world of arts and letters. The final section is devoted to the great historical question of the decline of Spain, a question that continues to resonate in the Anglo-American world of today.

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'EUROPE DIVIDED, 1559-1598'

Europe Divided 1559 - 1598

Imperial Spain: 1469-1716

Imperial Spain: 1469-1716

Imperial Spain: 1469-1716

The Count-Duke of Olivares: Statesman in an Age of Decline

Spain and Its World, 1500-1700: Selected Essays

Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

The Count-Duke of Olivares: The Statesman in an Age of Decline

Spain and Its World, 1500-1700: Selected Essays