Title: Juan de Ovando
First published: 2004
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.
Subjects: History, Biography, Statesmen, Statesmen, biography, Spain, biography, Spain, history, Lynching, Frontier and pioneer life, montana, Montana, history, Vigilantes, Frontier and pioneer life
Places: Spain
People: Juan de Ovando
Time periods: Philip II, 1556-1598
LC classification: DP181.O83 P66 2004