The Spanish resurgence, 1713-1748 / Christopher Storrs.

Author
Storrs, Christopher [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xii, 310 pages ; 25 cm.

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    • Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history [More in this series]
    • The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
    Summary note
    A major reassessment of Philip V's leadership and what it meant for the modern Spanish state Often dismissed as ineffective, indolent, and dominated by his second wife, Philip V of Spain (1700-1746), the first Bourbon king, was in fact the greatest threat to peace in Europe during his reign. Under his rule, Spain was a dynamic force and expansionist power, especially in the Mediterranean world. Campaigns in Italy and North Africa revitalized Spanish control in the Mediterranean region, and the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty signaled a sharp break from Habsburg attitudes and practices. Challenging long-held understandings of early eighteenth-century Europe and the Atlantic world, Christopher Storrs draws on a rich array of primary documents to trace the political, military, and financial innovations that laid the framework for the modern Spanish state and the coalescence of a national identity. Storrs illuminates the remarkable revival of Spanish power after 1713 and sheds new light on the often underrated king who made Spain's resurgence possible.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-298) and index.
    Contents
    • The army
    • The fleet
    • Finances
    • Government and politics
    • Foral Spain
    • Italy and identity
    • Spain's resurgence, 1713-1748.
    ISBN
    • 0300216890 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780300216899 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016934660
    OCLC
    945564311
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