Spain in the Seventeenth Century

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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Spain was the foremost power in Europe. Yet during the hundred years that followed, it suffered an acute decline, economically and politically. Graham Darby traces the course of Spain's eventful history down to the inglorious end of the Habsburg monarchy and analyses the various, often conflicting, explanations and interpretations of `decline'. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents LIST OF MAPS A NOTE ON CURRENCY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES DYNASTIC TABLE OF SPANISH RULERS, 1474–1700 Part One: The Background 1 THE SPANISH HABSBURG MONARCHY Origins Philip II (1556–98) 2 GOVERNMENT AND RESOURCES King, councils and Cortes Kingdoms and provinces Finance Military organization The economy Conclusion Part Two: Descriptive Analysis 3 THE REIGN OF PHILIP III, 1598–1621 King and valido Las Paces The expulsion of the Moriscos The Pax Hispanica Zúñiga and war The call for reform 4 THE REIGN OF PHILIP IV, (1) 1621–43 Olivares Reform Years of success, 1621–25 Years of setbacks, 1628–39 A year of disasters, 1640 The fall of Olivares 5 THE REIGN OF PHILIP IV, (2) 1643–65 Survival, 1643–48 Revival, 1649–56 The Treaty of the Pyrenees, 1659 The end of the reign 6 THE REIGN OF CHARLES II, 1665–1700 The regency and Don Juan, 1665–79 Crisis and reform, 1676–91 War, faction and succession, 1690–1700 Postscript: the War of the Spanish Succession, 1702–14 Part Three: Assessment 7 THE DECLINE OF SPAIN? Part Four: Documents GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX