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Spain, Europe & the wider world, 1500-1800 / J.H. Elliott.
| Author/creator | Elliott, J. H. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, ©2009. |
| Description | xx, 322 pages : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm |
| Electronic Location | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Spain, Europe and the wider world, 1500-1800 |
| Contents | A Europe of composite monarchies -- Learning from the enemy : early modern Britain and Spain -- The general crisis in retrospect : a debate without end -- A non-revolutionary society : Castile in the 1640's -- Europe after the Peace of Westphalia -- The seizure of overseas territories by the European powers -- Illusion and disillusionment : Spain and the Indies -- Britain and Spain in America : colonists and colonised -- King and patria in the Hispanic world -- The same world, different worlds -- Starting afresh? : the eclipse of empire in British and Spanish America -- El Greco's Mediterranean : the encounter of civilisations -- Court society in seventeenth-century Europe : Madrid, Brussels, London -- Appearance and reality in the Spain of Velázquez. |
| Abstract | In this volume, J.H. Elliott gathers writings that reflect his recent research and thinking on politics, art, culture, and ideas in Europe and the colonial worlds between 1500 and 1800. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009004214 |
| ISBN | 9780300145373 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0300145373 (hbk. : alk. paper) |