Kingship and Favoritism in the Spain of Philip III, 15981621 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521025324
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; c 1600 to c 1700; History - General History; History; History: World; Spain; Europe - Spain & Portugal; History / Europe / General; History / Spain & Portugal; Spain--Politics and government--1598-1621; Europe - General
First sentence: In the sixteenth-century Spanish monarchy, as in other early modern personal monarchies, the training and education of the royal heir was no mere academic affair; much was at stake in transforming the prince into the head of the most powerful European monarchy.