TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kamen,Henry
TI  - Philip of Spain
SN  - 9780300184266 (electronic bk.)
AV  - DP178 .K36 1997eb
U1  - 946/.043/092 22
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New Haven, [Conn.]
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Philip
KW  - Philippe
KW  - Felipe
KW  - Philip 2
KW  - Rois et souverains
KW  - Espagne
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Koningschap
KW  - gtt
KW  - Biografieën
KW  - Tachtigjarige oorlog
KW  - Bourgondische Nederlanden
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal
KW  - Spain
KW  - History
KW  - Philip II, 1556-1598
KW  - Portugal
KW  - Spanish dynasty, 1580-1640
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Biography
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 1556-1598 (Philippe II)
KW  - España
KW  - Historia
KW  - 1556-1598 (Felipe II)
KW  - embne
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-368) and index
N2  - 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 Drawing on Philip's unpublished correspondence and on many other archival sources, Henry Kamen reveals much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband, the father, the frequently troubled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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