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The Spanish Inquisition
In this completely updated edition of Henry Kamen’s classic survey of the Spanish Inquisition, the author incorporates the latest research in multiple languages to offer a new—and …
Spain, 1469-1714
For nearly two centuries Spain was the world’s most influential nation, dominant in Europe and with authority over immense territories in America and the Pacific. Because none of …
Philip of Spain
"A historian’s biography of Philip II as Renaissance prince, refuting the Elizabethan propaganda picture of the spider of the Escorial."—New York Times Book Review (And Bear in …
Spain, 1469-1714
For nearly two centuries Spain was the world's most influential nation, dominant in Europe and with authority over immense territories in America and the Pacific. Because none of …
Spain's Road to Empire
How did a barren, thinly populated country, somewhat isolated from the rest of Europe become the world's first superpower? Henry Kamen's tremendous new book takes full advantage …
Empire: How Spain Became a World Power, 1492-1763
From the late-fifteenth to the mid-eighteenth century, Spain was the most extensive empire the world had seen, stretching from Naples and the Netherlands to the Philippines. This …
The Disinherited
Spain has had a long history of exiles. Since the destruction of the last Muslim territories in Granada in 1492, wave after wave of its people have been driven from the country. …
The Escorial
An acclaimed historian of Europe explores one of the world’s most iconic buildings and the monarch who created it Few buildings have played so central a role in Spain’s history as …
Philip of Spain
Philip II of Spainruler of the most extensive empire the world had ever knownhas been viewed in a harsh and negative light since his death in 1598. Identified with repression, …
Who's Who in Europe 1450-1750
Between 1450 and 1750 Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid the foundations for the Europe we know today. Henry Kamen has …
Golden Age Spain
For over a century Spain controlled the greatest empire the world had ever seen, and its collapse provoked, both then as it does now, a range of analyses over which there has been …
Imagining Spain
A leading historian explores the myths that define Spain’s view of its own past This book, the latest contribution by eminent historian Henry Kamen, is a unique analysis of the …