Kingship and Favoritism in the Spain of Philip III, 15981621 (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780521561136
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Philip; History - General History; Europe - General; Spain; History; Lerma, Francisco Sandoval y Rojas,; History: World; Europe; Europe - Spain & Portugal; History / Europe / General; Spain--Politics and government--1598-1621; duque de,; 1598-1621; Politics and government; 1552-1625; 1578-1621; III,; King of Spain,
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.