Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763

Spain's Road to Empire: The Making of a World Power, 1492-1763

by HenryKamen (Author)

Synopsis

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 of its great theme to recreate the dazzling world of militant Castile from the fall of Moorish Granada and Columbus' first voyage to the imperial collapse over three centuries later. There is no better account in English of this immense, brutal adventure - a ceaseless quest for land, gold and slaves that made Spain, both for its conquered people and much of the rest of Europe, into a rapacious nightmare.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 656
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 03 Jul 2003

ISBN 10: 0140285288
ISBN 13: 9780140285284

Author Bio
HENRY KAMEN was most recently Visiting Professor of History at the University of Chicago. He is the author of PHILIP OF SPAIN and lives in Barcelona.