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Polycentric Monarchies: How Did Early Modern Spain & Portugal Achieve & Maintain a Global Hegemony?
Pedro Cardim (Ed.)
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Description for Polycentric Monarchies: How Did Early Modern Spain & Portugal Achieve & Maintain a Global Hegemony?
Paperback. Editor(s): Cardim, Pedro; Herzog, Tamar; Ruiz Ibanez, Jose Javier; Sabatini, Gaetano. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DSP; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 183 x 14. Weight in Grams: 452.
Having succeeded in establishing themselves in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, in the early 16th century Spain and Portugal became the first imperial powers on a worldwide scale. Between 1580 and 1640, when these two entities were united, they achieved an almost global hegemony, constituting the largest political force in Europe and abroad. Although they lost their political primacy in the seventeenth century, both monarchies survived and were able to enjoy a relative success until the early 19th century. The aim of this collection is to answer the question how and why their cultural and political legacies persist to ... Read more
Having succeeded in establishing themselves in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, in the early 16th century Spain and Portugal became the first imperial powers on a worldwide scale. Between 1580 and 1640, when these two entities were united, they achieved an almost global hegemony, constituting the largest political force in Europe and abroad. Although they lost their political primacy in the seventeenth century, both monarchies survived and were able to enjoy a relative success until the early 19th century. The aim of this collection is to answer the question how and why their cultural and political legacies persist to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845196813
SKU
V9781845196813
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About Pedro Cardim (Ed.)
Pedro Cardim is Associate Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Tamar Herzog is Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs and Professor of Spanish and Portuguese History at Harvard University. José Javier Ruiz Ibáñez is a Professor at Universidad de Murcia. Spain Gaetano Sabatini is a Professor at Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre.
Reviews for Polycentric Monarchies: How Did Early Modern Spain & Portugal Achieve & Maintain a Global Hegemony?
"...this volume should provide a stimulus not only to the historiography of the Iberian empires but to imperial historiography in general." - Gabriel Paquette, The Johns Hopkins University, USA, European History Quarterly, Vol. 44 No. 3.