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Conflicts of Empires - Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585-1713 (Hardcover)
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Conflicts of Empires - Spain, the Low Countries and the Struggle for World Supremacy, 1585-1713 (Hardcover)
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The period between the late sixteenth and the early eighteenth
centuries was one of tremendous, and ultimately decisive, shifts in
the balance of political, military and economic power in both
Europe and the wider world. Spain's overwhelming dominance in the
1580s seemed unassailable, yet by the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 its
greatness had been eclipsed, leaving supremacy to Britain, France
and, in the commercial sphere, the Dutch. In these essays (five of
which are previously unpublished) Jonathan Israel argues that
Spain's efforts to maintain her hegemony continued to be centred on
the Low Countries. One should not readily assume that Spain's order
of priorities was misconceived: at times she appeared to be close
to succeeding. Both France and Britain were deeply riven by
religious, political and social divisions during a large part of
the seventeenth century. While it is true that after Spain's final
defeat, at the Peace of the Pyrenees (1659), French preponderance
within, and British supremacy outside, Europe seemed increasingly
probable, the overthrow of James II in 1688 might well have been
the prelude to political chaos and civil war in Britain. While
long-term economic and social trends played a large part in shaping
the outcome of events, it is also true that the impact of
personalities and short-term contingencies could often be
decisive.
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