Imperial Spain 1469-1716

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Imperial Spain 1469-1716 is written by J. H Elliott and published by Penguin UK. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0141925574 (ISBN 10) and 9780141925578 (ISBN 13).

The story of Spain's rise to greatness from its humble beginnings as one of the poorest and most marginal of European countries is a remarkable and dramatic one. With the marriage of Ferdinand & Isabella, the final expulsion of the Moslems and the discovery of America, Spain took on a seemingly unstoppable dynamism that made it into the world's first global power. This amazing success however created many powerful enemies and Elliott's famous book charts the dramatic fall of Habsburg Spain with the same elan as it charts the rise.