History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Part 1
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: December 31, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 664
ISBN-13: 9780766193765
Subjects: European history (ie other than Britain & Ireland); History: World; History; History - General History; Portugal; Spain; Europe - Spain & Portugal
First sentence: IN a former work, I have endeavored to portray the period when the different provinces of Spain were consolidated into one empire under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabella; when, by their wise and beneficent policy, the nation emerged from the obscurity in which it had so long remained behind the Pyrenees, and took its place as one of the great members of the European commonwealth.