Early Modern Italy
Subtitle: 1550-1796 (Short Oxford History of Italy)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 27, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780198700418
First sentence: In 1556, Pope Paul IV Carafa (1555-9), eager to drive the Spanish out of his native Naples, initiated an ill-fated war against the new king of Spain and Naples, Philip II (1556-98).