Juan de Ovando
Subtitle: governing the Spanish Empire in the reign of Phillip II
By: Stafford Poole.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
Subjects: Ovando, Juan de.; Statesmen -- Spain -- Biography.; Spain -- History -- Philip II, 1556-1598.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Philip II is a fascinating and enigmatic figure in Spanish history, but it was his letrados - professional bureaucrats and ministers trained in law - who made his vast Castilian empire possible. In Juan de Ovando, Stafford Poole traces the life and career of a key minister in the king's government to explore the role that letrados played in Spanish society as they sought to displace the higher nobility in the administration through a system based upon merit."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-284) and index.