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Philip of Spain

This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, this book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II.

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  • "This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, this book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II."@en
  • "This book, published four hundred years after Philip's death, is the first full-scale biography of the king. Placing him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times, it presents a startling new picture of his character and reign. Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled Christian and the king. Kamen finds that Philip was a cosmopolitan prince whose extensive experience of northern Europe broadened his cultural imagination and tastes, whose staunchly conservative ideas were far from being illiberal and fanatical, whose religious attitudes led him to accept a practical coexistence with Protestants and Jews, and whose support for Las Casas and other defenders of the Indians in America helped determine government policy. Shedding completely new light on most aspects of Philip's private life and, in consequence, on his public actions, this book is the definitive portrayal of Philip II."
  • "Biografie van de Spaans koning (1527-1598)."
  • "Felipe II de España gobernó el imperio más extenso del mundo nunca conocido. Durante su vida y también después de su muerte, acaecida en 1598, le consideraron un hombre duro y negativo. Sus enemigos le identificaron con la represión, el fanatismo y la intolerancia y se le ha juzgado más por los acontecimientos políticos de su reinado que no por su persona. Esta obra, que conmemora los cuatrocientos años de la muerte de Felipe, es la primera biografía del rey a gran escala. Se inspira en su voluminosa correspondencia inédita y en otras muchas fuentes salidas de los principales archivos europeos. Vemos al rey en el contexto social, cultural y religioso de la Europa de su tiempo. Nos hallamos ante una imagen original y única de su carácter y de los avatares de su reinado. Henry Kamen nos descubre el joven, el hombre, el marido, el padre, el cristiano y el rey. Este libro arroja una inusitada luz sobre todos los aspectos de la vida privada de Felipe y, por ende, sobre sus más controvertidas acciones públicas. Por todo ello nos encontramos ante un sorprendente y definitivo retrato de Felipe II."@es

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  • "Biografia"
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  • "Biografieën (vorm)"
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  • "Filipe I : o rei que uniu Portugal e Espanha"
  • "Philip of Spain"@en
  • "Philip of Spain"
  • "Filipe I o rei que uniu Portugal e Espanha"
  • "Felipe de España"@es
  • "Felipe de España"

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