1st Edition
Europe and the Decline of Spain A Study of the Spanish System, 1580–1720
Bibliographical Prologue: The Problems and Their Available Data General Introduction: The Philippine Empire and Europe, 1580–1610 1. From Little Wars to Total War, 1610 – 28 2. The Empire of Olivares, 1628–43 3. Years of Survival, 1643–56 4. Years of Defeat, 1656–78 5. Pathology of a Power System, 1678–1700 General Conclusion: Eighteenth-Century Horizons, 1700–20
Biography
R. A Stradling was Professor of History at University College, Cardiff. He has been researching and writing on various aspects of seventeenth century Spanish history since 1965.
Review of the first publication
‘… [the author] provides a racy narrative and commentary which should earn him a round of applause.’
— J. H. Elliott, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 55, No. 3
